I hate printers. I have an HP Laserjet IIIsi that has been a pretty good work horse for the past couple years. Recently I haven't been able to print a single page successfully. The paper jams every single time. prior to jamming, there would be toner covering nearly the entire page.

Now, I understand how a laserjet printer works, but I can't quite troubleshoot this one. As far as the toner covering the page goes, I could assume that either the drum isn't getting cleaned, or the charge on the drum is screwy. I don't know. Here's a pic of that problem:


As for the jams, they all occur in one of two places. This appears to be either in the fuser, as I gather from this shot:


or here, which I can only think is part of the paper feed mechanism:


Any ideas? It's possible that this is merely an issue of a toner cartridge on its way out, which might be causing problems in other mechanisms in the printer. Could that be the case?

Anyways, thanks for any help.


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Matt