Laser printer problem

[Papyrus]

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

[jpendle]

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

[Papyrus]

Anything's worth a try. We have used the same brand of paper for years, in both 80gsm and 100 gsm form, with absolutely no issues until now. I think I have another brand stashed away somewhere - I'll see if I can find it.

Cheers,

Chris