Leonard Erickson wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 -=> Quoting Roy J. Tellason to Jasen Betts <=-

 RJT> *NOW* I get big,  almost all-black bands across the pages.
 RJT> Looking at one bit of printout I see about three or so on a
 RJT> page..

 JB> it  sounds like you may have ruined the coating on the drum by
 JB> exposing it to too much light. :(

 RJT> Oh really?  The only light that it was exposed to was the light in the
 RJT> room here,  as it wasn't daylight when I did that.  We're talking
 RJT> maybe a 60w spot that's over my desk... 

 LE> That might do it if it's really a spot. But it'd normally take
 LE> something a bit brighter, I'd think.

See my recent update,  it's not doing that any more!  But I'm still getting
the horizontal lines across the page...

 RJT> Any fix for it?  Or am I screwed?

 LE> The fix is "replace the drum". At least if that's the problem.

I'm thinking now that the problem was toner getting to where it wasn't
supposed to be...

 LE> And a tip for the future. *Never*, ever "blow out" toner. Always
 LE> use a vacuum. and you need one with special filters, as toner is
 LE> *very* fine.

Don't have anything handy that I'd use to do the job except for this
dustbuster here,  and somehow I'm not so sure that's a good idea.

 LE> You need this for two reasons. First, it's fine enough that it's
 LE> not good for you. Second, it can ruin all sorts of things if it
 LE> gets into the wrong places. 

Well,  since the printer was making horizontal lines before I did that and
it's now making horizontal lines again,  it appears that I didn't make too
much of a mess by what I did.  I'd still like to get that fixed,  though...

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