I am not sure what to call this problem, but the laser printer (HP Color Laser Jet Pro) is doubling some of the print where it shouldn't be in a faint way. How could I fix this, or what is this problem called? Thank you!
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1Hi. Welcome to GDSE. Hardware questions are off topic here. Sorry about that. If you suspect a fault, contact the manufacturer instead.– Billy KerrCommented Apr 7, 2022 at 17:43
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1Looks like something could be stuck on one of the rolls inside the printer. But yeah, off topic for this site.– WolffCommented Apr 7, 2022 at 18:06
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Fuser is bad.. needs replaced.. Fusers are not cheap. They are the heart of the printer.
Call a tech, you can't fix this yourself. Or take it to a repair shop for an estimate.
This often happens because someone is running printed sheets through the printer a second time when the printer is not designed for that. Toner/wax gets stuck to the fuser (which is the heater) and then transferred back to prints in the future.
Printing a lot of blank sheets may help diminish the problem a great deal, but it's not going to go away until the fuser is replaced.
Due to the price of some fusers, it can often be close to the same cost as just replacing the printer entirely. Last time I had a fuser go bad.. the printer originally cost me $250.... lasted a good 3-5 years, then the fuser replacement, with labor, was estimated to cost ~$280... I bought a new printer instead.
This is why user manuals tell you not to run prints through the machine twice.
