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Laser printer printed but text flakes off the page...what's up?

I was printing like 50 pages of the same thing (one page, 50 copies). When the printing was done I noticed that some of the pages had text that was flaking off...it was almost as tho they were pencil and my finger was an eraser if that makes sense. Could just smudge it off...also it looks like the same text was printed twice on the page...once in the correct position and once about 1/2 way down the page. My question is...what the heck happened? Did I do something wrong? How do I keep it from happening again? No it has not happened since.... Konica/Minolta 2300W color laser printer is the model. This is only cartridge number 2 in the printer...so don't think it was that...as the same one is still in it. Also the paper was normal plain jane paper... I do do some printing on glossy labels but always change to that setting when doing those.

Public Comments

1. lens (usually called the filament) of the printer needs to be cleaned.........
2. Sounds like you either had a faulty printer cartridge or you were using paper that had some sort of coating on it. Hard to tell exactly what it was if it just happened the once.
3. Your fusing assembly for the printer is malfunctioning. Sounds like the thermistor is damaged or faulty withing the fuser. The thermistor is kind of like a thermometer that keeps the fuser at the right temperature to melt the toner to the page. Unfortunately, looks like your printer is going to need to be serviced.
4. it think you're fuser assy. became defective that why printout have been flaking out.