User-replaceable parts in HP 3055 All-in-One???

[Al Dykes]

I have an HP 3055 AiO and the printer does intermittent fading along
one side of the paper. A new cart and shaking up the cart don't solve
the problem.

The status report says that it has printed 20k pages.

Is this a fuser issue?

I can find the p/n, RM1-3044-000CN but I can' find an online hardware
manual. Is this a customer-replaceable item?

Thanks,

 

[Al Dykes]

Most probably a fuser issue, when you say intermittent are you referring to a
problem on some but not all pages or every page but in parts down the page?
What is the precise distance between the start of the first fade and the start
of the second fade? That will help to identify the problem.
The fuser is not actually very easy to replace in this printer, I don't have
the manual for this model but a manual for a similar model is available at
http://www.feedroller.com/Store/hp_manuals.php
Select the LaserJet 3015 3020 3030 all in 1 sm MFP.pdf document. Not identical
but similar.
Tony
MS MVP Printing Image

The fade is along the left side of the page and of varying width.
Shaking up the cart seems to fix it for a few pages, but it's getting
worse.

I'm using genuine HP cartridges, here.

When it began to fade, I put in a new cart, It was OK for a couple
hundred pages and it came back while I was away. Someone put in a
second new cartridge (not unreasonable for that person to do, not
knowing the recent history of cartridge replacement.). It didn't fix
the problem.