Why my HP laserjet P-2015 printer is printing blackish paper printing

Vijay Damaraju

• 27 Answers
• Posted on Mar 12, 2007

SOURCE: HP laserjet 6L

Get it cleaned in paper sensor area and check up the drivers as well as data cable which connects, the pc and printer. Change the data cable if necessary. Give me feedback so that may be some more help can be provided.

SOURCE: Printing problem with HP Laserjet P2015 printer

This can be an issue with one of the faulty sensor across the printer.
Please check if you are able to print from tray 1, e.g. a configuration page.
A config page can be printed by holding the Green Button and releasing it as soon as the Triangle light comes on. This would take approx 5 secs.
If the printer is able to print from tray 1, then it could be an issue with the tray 2 pickup sensor.
Check if the tray 2 pickup sensor ( a black plastic piece to the right of the tray 2 pickup roller) is moving freely (front and back), also check if tray 2 pickup roller is not able to rotate completely.

If the tray 2 sensor is not moving freely and of the pickup roller is rotating completely, then reseat the pickup roller.

Normal use with good media causes wear resulting in the need to periodically clean or replace the pickup roller. Additionally, the use of poor media might require more frequent replacement of the pickup roller. Replacing the pickup roller Complete the following to replace the pickup roller:

CAUTION: Failure to complete this procedure might damage the printer. Unplug the power cord from the printer, and allow the printer to cool.

Figure 1: Unplugging the power cord

2. Open the print cartridge door, and remove the print cartridge.

Figure 2: Removing the print cartridge

3. Remove the main input tray (Tray 2).

Figure 3: Removing the main input tray (tray 2)



4. Open the front automatic two-sided path door (HP LaserJet 1320 series printer only).

Figure 4: Opening automatic two-sided path door







5.Place the printer on the work surface with the front of the printer facing up.

Figure 5: Placement of printer




6. Pull the white tabs outward, and rotate the tabs up.
Figure 6: White tabs


7. Slide the right tab to the right, and leave the tab in this position throughout the procedure.
Figure 7: Right tab movement



8. Slide the pickup roller assembly to the right, and remove the left end cap.

Figure 8: Pickup roller assembly movement








9. Remove the pickup roller.


Figure 9: Pickup roller





10. Insert the left side of the new pickup roller into the left slot (1), and insert the right side (with notches in the shaft) into the right slot (2).



11. Rotate the shaft until the notches engage and the shaft clicks into place. 12.Place the end cap over the shaft on the left side, push the end cap to the right, and rotate the tab downward into position.



Figure 11: Pickup roller end cap




13.Push the right tab to the left, and rotate the tab downward into position. 14.Place the printer on the work surface with the top of the printer facing up. 15.Close the front automatic two-sided path door.


Figure 12: Closed automatic two-sided path door

16.Reinstall the print cartridge, and close the print cartridge door.

Figure 13: Print cartridge


17.Plug the printer in to turn it back on.

Figure 14: Power cord in



Cleaning the pickup roller

Perform the following to clean the pickup roller.

1.Remove the pickup roller as described in steps 1 through 9 of Replacing the pickup roller above.

2. Dab a lint-free cloth in water, and scrub the roller.


Figure 15: Scrubbing the roller




3. Using a dry, lint-free cloth, wipe the pickup roller to remove loosened dirt. Figure 16: Wiping the pickup roller



4. Allow the pickup roller to dry completely before you reinstall it in the printer (see steps 10 through 17 of Section with a task ).


Figure 17: Reinstalling the pickup roller

SOURCE: 2015 network printer

Hello,

Please perform the following:

Unplug the network Cable:

Cold reset A cold reset changes most system parameters in NVRAM to the factory defaults. However, unlike NVRAM initialization, a cold reset does not reset the page count, the paper tray sizes, language, or formatter number.
A cold reset also resets all the HP Jetdirect settings as well as the printer settings. Use the following procedure to perform a cold reset.

1. Turn off the printer.
   
2. Press and hold the Go button.
   
3. Turn the printer on, and continue to hold the Go button for at least 5 seconds, but not longer than 15 seconds. During this process, the Attention LED turns on.
   
4. Release the Go button.
   If both the Attention and the Ready LEDs turn on before you release the Go button, you must start the procedure again with step 1.

1. Turn off the printer.
   
2. Simultaneously Press and hold the Go and Job Cancel buttons.
   
3. Turn on the printer and continue to hold the Go and Job Cancel buttons for approximately 10 seconds, but no longer than 20 seconds. During this process, the Attention light turns on.
   
4. Release the Go and Job Cancel buttons. The Attention , Ready , and Go lights begin cycling from front to back. After the network-reset process is complete, the device returns to the ready state.
   If the Attention and Ready lights illuminate before you release the Job Cancel button, start again at step 1.

SOURCE: when trying to print to

try loading a pcl5 driver instead of the pcl6. pcl xl is hp's pcl6 and some times has problems.

SOURCE: HP LaserJet P3005 printer prints wrinkled paper

2 reasons:
1. Was there a paper jam prior to this problem? It could be that the paper was pulled out and a small bit of it is stuck on the pins that guide the paper from the heat roller. If no torn jammed paper prior to this issue, then check out 2.

2. the heater/roller is damaged and needs to be replaced. I would suggest you take it to your nearest HP dealer to properly diagnose this for you.This would save you unnecessary cost in trying to pull it apart and causing more damage to it.

Good Luck,