P2015d leaves toner ghost on print jobs

[CSU Tech]

I have an HP p2015d that has started leaving toner over the whole page of every print job. You can still read the text (faintly) on the page but the whole background has a grey cast to it. I have tried printing cleaner pages and replacing the toner cartridge (genuine HP) and it still does it. Is this a fuser issue? Would a maintenance kit fix it? I don't want to spend $200 on a $350 printer if it isn't worth it. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[cs_steve]

You can do a halfway test where you print a test page, and stop the print underneath the toner, before it reaches the fuser ... look for this ghosting at that point, if you don't see it, then that means the fuser would be adding the ghosting later on in the print process.

However, keep in mind that this printer is a pain to work on, the fuser replacement is considered advanced, so if it was my money : I'd probably upgrade to a different printer, 4000 series or similar that is easier to maintain and has a longer duty cycle.

[CSU Tech]

Thanks. I'm taking your advice and just leaving the printer in the bone pile where it is now waiting for recycling day. A 10+ year old 4000 has taken its place and is working fine!

[woodss]

I tend to agree with what advice that was being said in here.

I always tend to think that these newer low end products have lost their quality, I tend to like the older models, they have proven and tried track records.

HP personal laserjets, starting with the IIP towards the 2300 are quality printers, with proven track records, and are better built than the current plastic only machines, the 2400, P3005 are nothing more than rubbish, they are personal printers that have nothing but problems, I personally dont like the quality, the machines of this model I have seen are very nosiy.

The recent model P2055 and P3015, I dont know what they are like yet, however they are built really cheap these days, if people want a fast printer buy the workgroup models which are designed for full time printing, they cost a tad more but they are designed for a lot of printing.

the more heavy the printer is the more robust they are, the older printers have a metal framework, and built like tanks, example of this is the laserjet II / III, LaserJet 4 and 4 Plus and the 5, these were the best printers ever made, but too slow by today's standards, and canon engined printers are the best too.

And best of all the toner for these are cheaper than the newer machines as well, and most of these older models are compatible with the late versions of Windows, only thing that is against them is they are slower than the newer models are.

These newer models your lucky to get 12 months out of them, but these older models have 1000s and 1000s of pages, and were designed to last at least 5 years, according to this site a laser printer that is well built can last up to 15 years, however I have seen laser printers that has lasted over 20 years, printer manufacturers dont like this fact, they want to sell more printers.