count is 121,610. Seems like a lot. What is the life on these
printers?
Also on the right hand side there is a status log with code 50013 every
500 or so pages. what is this?
This printer seems to work ok. good printing so £20 wasn't bad. It
also includes some toner (genuine hp toner cartridge). How can i tell
how much is in it?
Thanks in advance.
OK.....
Firstly 121,000 pages is reasonably high but not to panic. If the printer works
Ok and the output quality is OK then you will have several thousand pages to go
before you need to worry.
Do you know how many pages your old printer had done before it decided to
quit??? The reason for the question is that this printer has a recommended
frequency for fitting a maintenance kit of 150,000 pages. That frequency is not
gospel, some printers wil do far more and some will do less depending on
several factors. In any event the maintenance kit consists of fitting new parts
(fuser, transfer charge roller, pick up rollers and separation pads for both
trays) all of which you can recover from your old printer. The fuser is the
only very expensive item, the others are not so bad if you need to buy them. So
if your old printer had a lowish page count the parts can be saved for later. I
would not worry until you get problems. Misfeeding or feeding multiple sheets
needs the pick up roller and separation pads for the affected tray replacing.
If you get marks or creases on the paper that are not caused by the toner
cartridge then that is normally an indication that the fuser needs replacing,
in severe cases the fuser rollers will start to break up or develop creases (on
one of the fuser rollere) or the surface will start to tear; fixable by
replacing the fuser. Transfer charge rollers rarely fail but when they do they
affect print quality.
LJ2100 printers can easily work for 500,000 pages if the above parts are
replaced when needed.
You can't tell how much toner is in the cartridge without weighing it, the 2100
does not record toner use but it will start to print light (often only on
certain parts of the page) or it will start to develop marks on the paper when
the cartridge is nearing empty. I can't remember the weight of a full cartrdige
but if you would like that plase ask and i will look it up.
Status code 50013 is undocumented but is caused by a failing spring causing a
sensor lever to chatter. Can you extract the serial number of the new printer
from the status page, if it starts with CN then the printer engine was built in
China and these are the only engines that have this problem. The solution is to
replace a spring part number RB2-2843-000CN available from HP (price less than
US$1). If the frequency of this problem is 500 pages or thereabouts you may
want to live with it.
Tony
