cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37035021

hi everybody!

found an abandoned HP Laserjet 1020 in the dumpster. got it home, cleaned it and fitted the toner cartridge. it installed fine, prints fine, except the mess all over the paper (see pic).

now I haven’t had to do with printers in at least a decade, but I seem to remember it’s something with the thing inside the toner cartrdidge, so replacing the cartrdige should fix it.

can someone confirm this, as I can’t really afford to waste money if it’s something inside the printer. thank you!

  • Romia278English
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    10 months ago

    I have not seen one of these in a long time but I would say from my experience it looks like the cartridge is bad and your model has the drum built into the cartridge. Likely it’s an older cartridge that failed, I’ve seen them go bad from sitting around for years.