Replace the fuser

The fuser is what melts the toner to the paper.

 Over time, the fuser’s wax rollers can become cracked, causing poor image quality. Typically, these cracks are caused by severe paper jams. Paper clips or staples can also destroy fusers.

Pay attention:  The fuser can get very hot. Give the printer adequate time to cool down before changing the fuser, and wear gloves if needed.

A fuser is held in usually by four screws, which are easy to remove. Before doing that you have to remove also printer coverings. However, you may need to remove the toner cartridge and several rollers before you can get to the fuser. Of course, this varies among the different models of printers. Just remember to watch out for the heat and make sure that you put the printer pieces back together in the correct order when you're finished.

Disclaimer

Do it at own risk.

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Laser Printing Tips

Environmental Conditions Are Important
Temperature and humidity levels can have a major impact on your label printing success. Even small changes (such as from day to night) can greatly affect handling in the printer if the label material being processed is near the limits of acceptability.

All label stock should be "conditioned" while still in its original wrappings. To condition stock, store it in the same environment as the printer for 24 to 48 hours before printing to let it stabilize in the new conditions. It may take longer if there is a wide difference in the storage or transportation environment and the printer environment. This exposure time may also need to be longer for thick stock because of the mass of the material. Early removal of wrapping materials may cause uneven moisture content that can cause curl, waviness, and other problems in the printer.

It's recommended printing in a temperature range of 18 to 24°C (65 to 75°F) with relative humidity of 40 to 60%. Many laser printers are designed to operate in a temperature range of 15.5 to 32°C (60 to 90°F) with relative humidity of 8 to 80%. Printing in an environment outside these recommendations may cause jams, fuser film sleeve tearing, feeding problems, reduced print quality, and cause labels to peel (delaminate.)

Laser Printing Tips

How to Clean a Laser Printer

 

Cleaning a laser printer can solve minor problems, maintain print quality, and prolong periods between professional cleanings. Clean your printer when print quality deteriorates or when you change toner cartridges.

Read: How to Clean a Laser Printer | eHow.com

Installation of a fuser film sleeve (teflon) foil

The correct attachment of the heat direction and sliding paste is very important with the exchange of a Sleeves.

Installation errors can destroy the sensitive foil fast again. Therefore you consider please the following instructions:

- after dividing the fixing unit you decrease to the old/defective Sleeve
- surface of the ceramic heating element and the owner with white spirits clean
- grease thermal compound with small putty, best from wood, from which small bags take
- paste in 15-20 places on the surface of the heating element and owner apply
- the paste with a sliding movement evenly on the surface of the heating element distribute.

Note: At the surface of the sleeves no paste may arrive.

New Sleeve postpone. Sleeve by hand turn. If it can be moved freely, you can assemble the fixing unit again.

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Delaminated or torn film on the product’s fuser

This is a picture of delaminated or torn film on the product’s fuser.

 

Picture of complete fuser with teflon sleeve

This is a picture of a complete fuser with teflon film sleeve. This part can be purchased separately, but it can cost as a new printer :) .

 

Printer after I taked to pieces

This is my HP Laserjet 1010 printer after I taked to pieces. In the upper right corner you can see the HP 1010 Fuser film sleeve. The fuser film was teared. I have to order a new one.

 

Fuser film sleeves come in various length

Printer fuser film sleeve as a is available for various fuser engine laserjet printers:

- HP 5L/6L
- HP 5P/6P
- HP 1000/1200
- HP 1100
- HP 4000/2100
- HP 2200
- HP 4100
- HP 5000
- HP 1010/1012

Fuser film sleeves come in various length:

- LJ 1000/1200 (233mm)
- LJ 1100 (230mm)
- LJ 4000/2100 (228mm)
- LJ 2200 (240mm)
- LJ 4100 (233mm)
- LJ 5000 (326mm)

 

Printer fuser film sleeve

This blog talks about printer technology, specially about printer fuser film sleeves. I decided to wrote this blog because a failure went to my printer. Then I decided to search what's wrong and found that extensive use of the printer, especially with a low quality materials may result in eventual tearing of the delicate fuser (teflon) film sleeve, and thereafter the printouts are distorted. That happened to my HP Laserjet 1010.