cat hair in printer

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July 15th, 2001, 11:25 PM
spookykid

cat hair in printer

hi all -

i almost hate to ask this, but....

here's the story: i've got a cat hair sucked into my printer somehow (probably was stuck to one of the pages that fed in for printing - i vaguely remember thinking, "oh **** was that a cat hair on there?")

so now, everything i print has a cat hair printed on it.

i have a lexmark laser printer, the Optra E312L (it's about 6 months old).

is there any way for me to clean the piece of cat hair out of there? what would it be attached to?

any help appreciated!!!

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July 16th, 2001, 02:01 AM
Lazer

The hair probable has burned into the heating element. The best option here would be to take the printer to a local repair shop. Rather let them handle it.
July 16th, 2001, 02:33 AM
Sowulo

Quote:

Originally posted by Lazer:
<STRONG>The hair probable has burned into the heating element. The best option here would be to take the printer to a local repair shop. Rather let them handle it.</STRONG>

Yes, a new fuser unit isn't very cheap. Better let someone with experience take care of this one for you...
July 19th, 2001, 06:23 PM
Lt. Columbo (formally Joevegany@..)

Make the cat pay for it !

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July 19th, 2001, 07:57 PM
ShadowKing

I have some great recipies...
July 19th, 2001, 08:14 PM
spookykid

eeek! no way - be nice to my cats! <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> (maverick and goose)

actually it *seems* that the piece of hair has burned up since last week. i'm now being more careful about the paper i stick into the printer!

thanks all -

shelly
July 29th, 2001, 11:42 PM
Spazzy

I suggest you first remove any cat that may be attached to the hair, then take the printer to a repair shop and let them do it.
August 2nd, 2001, 09:13 PM
format c:

I hope you didn't suck the poor cat into the printer ( The other post referred to removing the cat that was attached to the hair )
Cats are cool :) :)
August 10th, 2001, 06:27 AM
davidclark

so now, everything i print has a cat hair printed on it.

i have a lexmark laser printer, the Optra E312L (it's about 6 months old).

Fusers operate in the >100C temp range- and that's hot enough to burn you and the cat hair. I seriously doubt ( and I work for a MAJOR laser printer manufacturer) that a single cat hair in the fuser component is the prob. I'd clean the lens and op_scanner unit then consider the OPC, before I call the techs in.

Cats and computers are not conducive.
August 10th, 2001, 07:02 AM
MacGyver

The hair might be stuck to the drum in the toner cartridge. You could try replacing the toner cartridge and/or drum and see if that works. You could also try a can of compressed air to blow the hair free.