Color Laserjet Pro MFP M283fdw printing large streaks on eve... - HP Support Community

tcah · ‎05-26-2023

Color LaserJet Pro MFP M283fdw printing with large streaks. I print in large volumes throughout the day, and every page has large streaks on the left and right sides of the paper, often faded versions of what is being printed. We have replaced cartridges, cleaned everywhere we can access, and run several cleaning pages. This has been ongoing for months, but is becoming unreadable. Warranty expired.

Repairatrooper · ‎05-26-2023

A sample posted would be useful. You mention that the defect looks like a repeat of what has already printed and that often suggests an issue with the fuser unit. You mention that you print large volumes and that can mean different things to different users. Keep in mind that the fuser units on this machine are rated at 50k pages and we typically see issues starting around 40k pages.

Depending on your technical savvy you could replace the fuser yourself or engage a service center to do that.

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Color Laserjet Pro MFP M283fdw printing large streaks on every page

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