Hi there !
You need to replace the drum unit of the cartridge and i believe that the part life had ended. you can view this on the LCD monitor of the printer. Go to menu and choose LAN setting. Choose machine parts and check the drum unit is it says life ended. You need to replace that drum unit.
Another way for temporary purposes, set your print quality setting to PHOTO setting. It will print darker than before but not on taking photocopy.
SOURCE: hp laser jet 2100 faint printing
Reinstall the printer driver again to check if driver has gone bad or not.
SOURCE: my printer is printing colour red faintly.
Sherry, in all probability it is the "scanner assembly" HP can fix this for $279 in the US using HP Express exchange 1 day ship, this was the result of their active chat. I am having the same problem and am going to dismantle the printer myself to see if I can't clean the scanner mirror myself. If you search the following words on google you will find some info, fading red tones laser jet 2605, one of the first results is a page on the HP site specifically on laserjet printers. I wish I had a quick fix that would help; however, a new cartridge won't help!
SOURCE: Replaced toner cartridge - print is very faint
You have to wiggle the toner cassette gently back and forth in a horizontal position like ten cycles before installing the cartridge in the printer. Otherwise the toner will not feed properly.
Also make sure to clean the scanner window and clean the corona wire at every toner change to prevent problems, check out the instruction manual on how to do this.
Good luck!
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