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3/2/2011 8:31:30 PM EDT
I don't know where else to ask, so here I am.

I have an HP color Laserjet 2600n printer.  It has begun to streak the paper with red and yellow.  If you open the front, there is a plastic "conveyor belt" that is also streaked with red and yellow toner residue.  

How do I clean it/fix it/get it to stop?
3/2/2011 8:58:48 PM EDT
[#1]
too funny.
I never thought I'd be offering IT help here
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl08364
go down to the section "Clean excess toner from the printer"
Hope this helps
3/2/2011 10:13:15 PM EDT
[#2]
Thanks very much.  Although your link took me to a different printer than mine, it got me close enough to find what I needed.  You helped me a lot.  Thanks, again.
3/2/2011 11:51:41 PM EDT
[#3]
If it were a laserjet, take t outside and go at it with an air compressor. Just stand back.



For an inkjet... damn things are so cheap I'd just buy a new one.
3/4/2011 9:49:32 PM EDT
[#4]
double tap
3/4/2011 9:50:26 PM EDT
[#5]
So, in the end this was the problem - when the cartridges run out of toner, they start to streak the paper.  Perhaps it's a built in way of telling you it's time to change the cartridge.  

I replaced the red and yellow cartridges and ran a "calibration".  This cleaned everything of excess toner and it is riunning like a champ  again, just like it always did before.

The thing is, these toner cartridges are EXPENSIVE.


they are expensive but the yield it 10X more of a inkjet and they print much cleaner and faster