And so it proved. Cleaning the reflector was a 30 second job and all is well again.
HP 2605dn fading
Saturday, 25 February 2012
We changed the toner on the printer, and found that the colours were coming out very faded—especially the yellow. Now, the 2605dn has a design flaw, and it sounded as if this might be it, except that
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•the colours had not been that faded immediately before the toner was changed
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•it’s usually magenta which goes first.
Taking the printer apart to fix it is a mammoth task, and one apt to destroy your printer if you do it wrong, so I was a little reluctant to start. But I found this comment which suggested that you could clean just the window behind the toner.
“I noticed that the 4 plastic reflectors from the optical box sit directly behind each toner cartridge and are accessible without having to remove the optical box to get to them.
I HIGHLY SUGGEST WIPING OFF THE PLASTIC REFLECTORS BEHIND EACH TONER CARTRIDGE BEFORE TRYING TO TAKE APART YOUR PRINTER.
It is very likely that wiping the four thin plastic reflectors behind the toner cartridges with some dry Q-Tips or cotton balls will correct the color issues
