Printing comes out very light.

[Yau]

The printer hasn't be used for a long time and print comes out very light even after I replaced with a new HP cartridge (the cartridge was in the stock room for about 4 years). The printer setting was already set to the most darkness it can be. Is it because of the age of the new cartridge? I don't want to buy another cartridge and find out that the problem is the printer itself. Can someone help? Thanks ahead.

[Valsimot]

There are more than a few possible causes of your printer printing light, and one of them could be a toner.

Press and hold Go button on your printer for a printer to start LED blinking, that should make the printer to print a demo page, scan ( or take a photo ) of that printed page and post here so we can see the result. You have a small camera icon for inserting images.

[east2100]

It's hard to say where the problem is.

It can be the 1300 itself or it can be the toner cartridges. If it's the 1300 then it's the power/engine board which seats at the bottom most side where you plug the power cable into.

As to a four year old toner cartridge then i'll blame it first and it almost always is. And i think it should be aged more than four years. HP Q2613A/Q2613X are hard to be found for many years.

[Yau]

Followed your instruction, the print comes out with nothing on it.

[Yau]

What is the part number for the power/engine board

[east2100]

HP LaserJet 1300 Engine Control Board Assembly 110V RM1-0564-000

HP LaserJet 1300 Engine Control Board Assembly 220V RM1-0565-000

But i think you should try another known good toner cartridge first.