Laser printer density -

[Rick Stevens]

On 05/21/2014 11:53 AM, Fred Smith issued this missive:
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:01:50AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> On 05/21/2014 07:27 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA issued
>> this missive:
>>>
>>> On 05/20/14 15:10, fedora wrote:
>>>> You may possibly find a hint here
>>>>
>>>> http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/index.html?c=us_ot&lang=en&comple=on&redirect=on
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> suomi
>>> I don't see anything there I haven't read before unless I am missing it.
>>> All I have read from Brother is that Density is set to work with their
>>> toner and I should try buying a new cartridge and drum, both of which I
>>> have done. The printer is old and there may be other wear factors to
>>> consider, but I would like to be able to try setting the Density a
>>> little higher.
>>
>> Sometimes the corona wire ages a bit and doesn't do a great job. That's
>> something you might be able to replace and/or clean it. Back in the day,
>> you could do that.
>
> On my Brother printers, the corona wire is part of the drum assembly,
> so if the OP's is the same, he's already replaced it,... I believe he
> said in the OP that he had replaced the drum.

I have Samsung printers at home and a big ol' Brother MFC9840CDW at the
office. And yeah, the corona wire seems to be embedded in the drum
package on all of them. I was sorta grasping at straws trying to help
Bob out. I know how frustrating that all is.
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