I dropped a textbook on top of my printer and now there’s a giant gap whenever I print something. I tried replacing the drum and the toner cartridge but that didn’t fix the problem. Does anyone know what else could be causing this? I’d rather try to fix it instead of having to spend $150 on a new printer. I’m pretty good at fixing electronics but I’ve never worked on a printer before.
It’s an inkjet.
Just go down to the recyclers or dumpsters and pick up a few more—they’re free. And still not worth their cost.
It’s a laser printer you mong.
>It’s a laser printer
brand and model?
Brother HL-L2350DW
As I stated in the OP, I already replaced those things. I know it’s broken. I’m asking how to fix it.
Pull the textbook of the printer obviously
drop the book on it 2.5 more times to line it back up.
Turn it off and on again.
You've probably broken the thing that creates the static electricity on the drum. I forget what it's called, but that's how laser printers work.
Look here:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hll2350dw_us_eu_as&ftype3=1975&faqid=faq00000151_042
And here:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hll2350dw_us_eu_as&ftype3=1975&faqid=faq00000213_029
You may have to make sure there is no foreign material inside the printer and around the drum unit and toner cartridge. You may have to clean the corona wire and the drum unit; the first page contains links that show you how to do that.
If all of that fails, and you already put in a new drum and toner cartridge, I guess the printer must be really broken.
Just a guess.
Something broke loose inside the printer when impacted.
The broker piece is hanging down in the path of the laser or the corona wire.
Look inside for anything out of place.
Finally a helpful response. Thanks senpai, I’ll check it out.
Going off of this, take out all of the components and see if anything looks obviously amiss. I know on my brother printer, there's a cleaner thing that slides along the corona wire. Id do that and also look up the cleaning procedures for your printer.
>a cleaner thing that slides along the corona wire.
Should be stored to the left side, clicked into place.
>corona wire
Well I opened it up and sure enough something was broken. Not sure what this glass thing is but it looks easily replaceable. Now the question is where can I find one…
>Brother HL-L2350DW
http://blog.eparts.fr/exploded-views/files/BROTHER/HL%20Series/HL-%20L2312.pdf
This PDF shows an exploded view/diagram of your printer.
Search through the pages until you find the part and the part number.
Search for the part number to find a source for the broken part.
i dont know you anon, but this was very nice of you
To help you find the part, that should be called something similar to "laser scanning unit glass" or "LSU glass"
You might not be able to find just the glass, but good news is the entire laser unit can be replaced on those printers. You're going to need to find an exploded parts diagram for that series of printer to get the part number.
>You're going to need to find an exploded parts diagram for that series of printer to get the part number.
>This PDF shows an exploded view/diagram of your printer.
I'd guess the fault is between the laser and the drum or in the laser itself. The laser is what makes the powder stick to the drum.