Charles Angelich wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

CA>> I've read the other messages and it appears to me that the mention 
CA>> of a 'mirror' refers to a copier, not to a printer. I saw the 
CA>> mention of a 'scannner' and there is no scanning function within a 
CA>> laser printer. :-) 

RJT> True, but the laser is still in there someplace, and some sort of 
RJT> mechanism to make the laser scan across the drum. That part is 
RJT> probably still inside of things, buried in there where I haven't 
RJT> seen it. Yet? 

CA> I'm not a printer repair person (obviously). My mind keeps going 
CA> back to dry copiers and I'm getting myself confused here I suspect. 

CA> Back when I did use the HP laser printer the consensus was that it
CA> was best to turn it in for repairs. The biggest problem being 
CA> getting toner splashed around inside and ruining the machine. 

That already appears to happen with this machine,  at least to a minor
extent.  Not much,  but there were bits of toner here and there,  that I
cleaned out of there with a brush...

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