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Thread ID: 16516	2002-03-10 21:28:00	Faint printing from HP6L laser	Guest (0)	Press F1

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38626	2002-03-10 21:28:00	I have an HP6L laser which is about 3 years old and onto its third (genuine new HP)toner cartridge. When I print, the type looks very 'thin' as if it is set to draft printing. For example, commas lose their tail and look like full stops (Times New Roman font), and the sloping down strokes of letters and numbers like y & 7 are so thin they are almost not there at all. Verticals are somewhat better as they are a little thicker anyway. Text on the test page also looks faint apart from the heading which is bold & black. If I try to print a .txt file off the net it is almost unreadable but the same page printed on my inkjet is fine. Settings are mostly defaults, with resolution at 600dpi, intensity halfway (increasing just makes some letters blacker)and graphics set to vector. Paper is new & dry but changing paper type doesn't help anyway. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks Alex	Guest (0)
38627	2002-03-11 02:06:00	Can you find the manuals? I *think* there is an 'Economy' mode which can be set from the front panel, with a bit of menu magic. That might have been set by accident. It might be fixable from the computer end too.	Guest (0)
38628	2002-03-11 02:51:00	Thanks Graham, I have the manual and initially suspected economode but couldn't see any setting for it in properties, and help just brings up the Windows (98) help dialogue and naturally it's not in there either. I've checked again and economode is nowhere to be found. Ideas anybody? Alex	Guest (0)
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