Dell 3000cn drum cleaning?

Hi Dear,

You should change the drum of your laser unit.

Have you tried a new toner cartridge? There is a couple possible culprits.
Thanks,
Lee

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Look into how old your imaging drum is, if its been a while. replace it to clean up the image. these can be purchased at your local office supply outlet for your model.

The printer could be causing this mark because of extra toner built up on the drum or fuser. A cleaning by a certified technician may fix the problem. I would first change the cartridge to make sure it is not a faulty cartridge causing the problem.

Dell 3000 CN has no printheads, printheads are on inkjet printers, this is a color laser.

On a laser there is nothing that you can clean with a software.

If printer is not printing replace toner cartridge or try reinstalling drivers.

If printouts are dirt, then the printer must be manually be cleaned inside, see Clean your laser printer safely with these tips

open the front door u see 1 handle pull it in your direction.it is drum or also cales ink cartridge.

I had this same problem, after looking on the Dell website it was quickly fixable by using the 'cleaning rod': http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/tree?c=us&l=en&s=gen&journalid=67F5968241CB3237E040AE0AB6E16159&treeid=D6DBAD7A5D093D52E030A68F2728742F&Query=&SystemID=PRN_LSR_3000CN&ServiceTag=&contenttype=-1&os=-1&component=-1&lang=-1&doclang=en&toggle=true&dl=

check the second box that says there is no error message, and it leads to instructions for what to do. Hope that helps.

In the first two months (2 years ago) I had to replace the drum 5 times because of a printer design problem - causing streaks on page. Now 2 years later the printer reports that the drum is full of waste toner and must be replaced.

I'm trying to clean it and reset the NVRAM instead.

switch off the printer then switch on again whilst holding the UP and DOWN menu scroll buttons simultaneously.

Then you can go to a TEST PRINT area and print off pages of idividual colour.

If the streaks appear on ALL prints its likely to be the laser unit. If the streaks only print on the COLOUR sheets ( not BLACK) then the problem lies with the drum or the transfer belt.

Remove the drum and turn it manually with the gog at the side and give it a clean with a soft LINT FREE cloth, do the same for the transfer belt and then you may have to run a few test prints to get it all reprimed but you should be OK.