Question about HP LaserJet 6L Printer

Dark smudge at top of some pages

On about one in ten or so pages a black smudge of a rectangle (about 1"x 1/2") appears top centre of a page. What to do please? many thanks Ilduco

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Either something is lodge in between your printer's roller(which would require service tech to repair)or most likely the drum on your printer is damaged. Just replace the toner cartridge and that should fix it.

Posted on May 07, 2007

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