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    From GB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 28 14:56:43 2022
    I have an Oki C5200N colour laser printer that has seen only light
    usage, and none at all in the last 2-3 years.

    I powered it up for a job, and it makes all the right clanging and
    grinding noises, but the pages are blank. That's both printing from
    windows and using the inbuilt menu to print a demo page.

    There's no sign of any print from any of the colours on the page.

    Any ideas, please?

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 29 08:26:40 2022
    Am Montag, 28. März 2022, um 14:56:43 Uhr schrieb GB:

    I have an Oki C5200N colour laser printer that has seen only light
    usage, and none at all in the last 2-3 years.

    I powered it up for a job, and it makes all the right clanging and
    grinding noises, but the pages are blank. That's both printing from
    windows and using the inbuilt menu to print a demo page.

    There's no sign of any print from any of the colours on the page.

    Any ideas, please?


    Because the error also occurs if you use the built-in test print, I
    assume it is a fault with the printer itself.
    Do you have another cartridge to test?
    If there are no particles left inside, the entire page will be blank.

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  • From GB@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue Mar 29 19:34:29 2022
    On 29/03/2022 07:26, Marco Moock wrote:
    Am Montag, 28. März 2022, um 14:56:43 Uhr schrieb GB:

    I have an Oki C5200N colour laser printer that has seen only light
    usage, and none at all in the last 2-3 years.

    I powered it up for a job, and it makes all the right clanging and
    grinding noises, but the pages are blank. That's both printing from
    windows and using the inbuilt menu to print a demo page.

    There's no sign of any print from any of the colours on the page.

    Any ideas, please?


    Because the error also occurs if you use the built-in test print, I
    assume it is a fault with the printer itself.
    Do you have another cartridge to test?
    If there are no particles left inside, the entire page will be blank.



    There are four cartridges, as it's colour, and I checked two of them
    have plenty of toner.

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  • From Adrian Brentnall@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 29 22:13:03 2022
    On 28/03/2022 14:56, GB wrote:
    I have an Oki C5200N colour laser printer that has seen only light
    usage, and none at all in the last 2-3 years.

    I powered it up for a job, and it makes all the right clanging and
    grinding noises, but the pages are blank. That's both printing from
    windows and using the inbuilt menu to print a demo page.

    There's no sign of any print from any of the colours on the page.

    Any ideas, please?


    I have a similar OKI led/laser printer.
    Mine will complain bitterly if any of the 4 toner carts are low - so if
    it's not doing that then it's not a toner issue.

    My guess would be a fairly major failure in the power-supply circuitry
    that drives the four banks of leds.... which would prevent the image
    from being written to the print drum / drums.

    Sadly - it would probably cost you more to have the fault diagnosed /
    repaired than it would to purchase a new printer..

    If you do decide to buy another OKI printer, you can cut your losses a
    little by buying one that uses the same toner carts..

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