Printer HP LJ51000 error

[pwien]

Printer was working ok - turned on one day and only thing is displayed is astorisks across screen - reset nic and pcb - is this a formatter board error?

[Brian]

Yes, it is very likely that you've got a formatter board failure.

[ptjeff1]

You can try removing the NIC and all extra memory from the formatter before replacing it. Sometimes bad memory or JetDirects can give you this kind of problem.

[pwien]

Tried the formatter board - worked fine - Thanks. Initially I tried reseating the nic to no avail.