[LUG] Laser printer know-how

[Michael Everitt <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

    Hi folks,
      
      I know one of our followers here is reasonably familiar with the
      innards of printers, and I wanted to pick their brains about a
      laser printer issue I'm hoping to solve.
      
      I was donated an older Samsung CLP-415N colour laser which had
      been donated and stored for a while, pending use, which I've
      recently commissioned in a shared office area. Naturally I gave it
      a once over, and printed a couple of test pages. I tickled the
      toner cartridges to check for content, but I've made the rookie
      mistake of upsetting the magenta one, and now it regularly streaks
      across (horizontally) the page. I -think- the solution for this
      (having attempted some basic cleaning) is to simply replace the
      cartridge, and all will once again be well, but I was looking
      online at replacement units, and for this printer, there is also a
      replacement fuser unit AND waste toner receptacle available for
      not-much-money. Since the printer is otherwise functioning quite
      well, I don't believe I'll need a fuser unit, but the waste toner
      container definitely has some contents and doesn't latch quite
      correctly in it's "house" inside a side-cover.
      
      So, are my understandings broadly correct, and if not, what
      (besides buying a whole new unit) are good options for
      renovation?! I think I can certainly budget ~£50 to get it running
      (non-original cartridges to start with) and it can earn its costs
      back before I upgrade anything further!
      
      I have my own HP Color Laserjet MFP at home, which I acquired
      shortly after investigating costs of the Samsung, but now I have
      another location and possibility of some "compensation" for
      "services" I thought I'd put this to use rather than
      scrap/donate/etc it .. :D
      
      Thanks in advance!
      
      Regards,
      
      Michael/veremitz.

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