---------laser printer
 
PM> I'd be wary of just tinkering with it without having at least a
PM> bit of information first.  I suspect laser is a whole other world.
PM> At any rate, the laser section of the book I have is choke full
PM> of CAUTIONs, STOPs, WARNINGs, about the damage that can be done
PM> making the wrong move.
 
> Only thing is, this printer isn't terribly useful
> to me in the condition it's in now...
 
PM> The only safe thing I can suggest is trying
PM> the extra cartridge you have.
 
> It's not a cartridge, exactly. More of a toner
> refill kit of some sort. I need to think about
> where the heck it _is_, too, it's been some time
> since I've seen it.
 
  Hmm. You're about as organized as I am. [g]
 First the missing manual, now the refill kit.
 If I recall, you have the same giant sized
 collection of parts that I have. I came back from
 Reno Depot yesterday [a local version of Home
 Depot, ie. Renovation Depot] and discovered that
 I already had two of the parts I bought there,
 forgotten long ago.
 
  Well, I'll try to see if there is a generic method
 of cleaning the machine -- what Charles suggested.
 It's a safe thing to try. But I suspect it is a
 machine-specific thing.
 
  My suggestion of installing a second new
 cartridge would have narrowed the problem down a
 bit. If it worked the problem would have been in
 your original cartridge. And you therefore
 wouldn't have had to go into the innards of the
 machine proper.
 

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