Let me first state that even though many years ago I worked for HP I know nothing about laser printers 

BUT if photo paper works have you tried more expensive, heavier duty regular paper?

I always use bog standard bog paper on my laserjet rather than the OEM version but it might be worth a try.

Regards,

John P

Another plea for help, I'm afraid.

We have a Brother L3210 laser printer which has developed a fault I can't seem to rectify. Most of the time now prints come out with a band of smudges down the left hand side:


I've gone through the troubleshoot pages and tried everything they suggest - I've cleaned the corona wires, cleaned the drums, changed the toner cartridge but nothing has made any difference. Mrs P is getting frustrated because she has a lot of printing to do - she's never liked the printer anyway - but I'm reluctant to shell out for a new one. Has anybody come across this before, and if so, what did you do about it?

Curiously, I printed off a photo on to photo paper this morning and it was absolutely fine.

All ideas considered!

Cheers,

Chris

For anyone who might be interested in Hex-TRAK on the back of the Make a Scene 2026 competition there's this free track plan tool - https://hex-trak-planner.com/

Quote from: Railbank on September 18, 2026, 11:08:36 AM looking forward to the show, visiting from North Yorkshire.

Hope you enjoyed it! I was frazzled for a while towards the start helping to run Mauchline and Ballochmyle Viaduct which had been stored for the past two years. All good thereafter.

I'm listening to the beating of my partners heart — the most beautiful sound in the world!!

@bridgiesimon Super song, that. My favourite of theirs is 'Bring me to life'

prefer the charity version Dee did -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iry_QLgThtU

stonking!

personally, I have been watching and listening to a lot of Evanescence after seeing them live Sunday night at the O2 in London, stunning voice!!

one of my fave songs - 'My Immortal'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKyv4Pjn1OE

Best wishes
Simon

I've uploaded more photos of the 20/3 livery samples to NGN here

Very much looking forward to these, although hopefully the later DRS livery arrives sooner rather than later!

Tom.

  looking forward to the show, visiting from North Yorkshire.

Hello fellow Humbrol enamel users.

After I had the gluggy 154 Matt Yellow (5 posts up) I worked on it an added lots of thinner. Was still a liitle lumpy, but it would be ok to brush.

I sent a query to Humbrol (Hornby Hobbies) about formulation changes etc and, after supplying them the trace code (batch barcode), I got a same day response from the Hornby Technical Support and QC Team Leader. The useful bit is " The batch of the tinlet you have it the first one made after a batch of skimming agent was made unavailable via legislation, we have had some reports that certain tinlets from this batch have exhibited similar behaviour to yours." and suggests I return it for a replacement.

Anyway, many kudos from me to Hornby Hobbies for even bothering to answer me and also for offering an explanation.

I hope Humbrol enamels continue to be made and be available in Oz. I find them usually available, and good for brush, spray and wash use. I'm not so fussed on the Tamiya or the acrylic alternatives - at least for brushing.

Mark