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Ricoh cl3500N printing with blank streaks in middle of page and faded quality black printing and black ink blotches on sides

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Posted on Jun 28, 2009

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The voids and blotches can be a bad black pcu, the voids san also be toner on the glass slat obove the pcu,s there are 4 slats one for each color, on the pcu itself on the upper side is a narrow long opening, the glass slat is above this opening when the pcu is in the printer. It will take a flashlight to see any toner on the glass.
-Carl

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