Print is washed out/completely faded on 2605dn printer

[JoeAquilina]

I have found and downloaded the service manual for the printer. At 268 pages, it is a smaller than I was expecting but it appears to be the full manual and not an extract (I found a few of those too, purporting to be the real thing).

Used to do a lot of mechanical work, including engines and brakes but that was almost a lifetime ago. Definitely a bit rusty but not completely new to such things. These days it is mostly building, rebuilding and repairing desktop computers that comes closest to "mechanical" work.

Any special tools likely to be required for this job? I have (relatively) basic toolkit that I use for computer building etc. I am hoping that will be enough.

[SHThompson]

Generally speaking a number 2 Phillips screwdriver is all you need.

If you start doing a lot of printers a 3M model 497 electronics vacuum is a necessity.

[JoeAquilina]

Ok, tools not a problem then. As for the vacuum, I know we don't have one of those. We do have a set of attachments for an ordinary vacuum that has been used in and around desktop computer cases. Will do a search for that vacuum you mentioned to see what it is.

In 30 or so years of playing with computers, I have never worked on a printer before, and hope it won't be an ongoing need. We only have 3 printers here and until recently, they all behaved themselves pretty well. Just the ocassional paper jam, nothing more serious than that.

[JoeAquilina · Accepted solution]

 Looks like I won't be getting my hands dirty inside this printer after all. The boss decided it was probably going to get too messy overall for me(/us) to try to repair it. Therefore he has decided to buy a new colour printer and retire this one.

Thanks for the responses to my questions.

Now I just need to work out how to mark this thread as "solved", or otherwise close it off, whichever is appropriate in this forum.

[SHThompson]

I see you figured out how to mark a solution, the thread stays open however.

A little advice on a replacement, check the forums and see how many people have problems with it before you commit to buy a low end model.

My general advice is buy something where the first numeric digit in the model number is a 3 or higher.

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