We supply are large amount of compatible  and OEM toners, and through experience now have a goood idea of which toners work best for each printer, certain brands may work well for one machine and not for others, but once you have a cartrdige that works for your machine you can start to save on every print.

Verdict

Refills – We would not recommend these - especially for colour lassrjet printers

Compatibles – good value (depending on the brand)

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We can’t solve the world economy crisis but we can help you to save money on  your everyday printing costs.

Step 1.

Print in mono if you have a colour printer where possible – the black is usually the cheapest to replace.

Step 2.

Print in draft – set your default print to draft so that you use less ink or toner

Step 3.

Print Preview before printing – you’ll be amazed how many wasted prints could be avoided by simply checking before you print

Step 4.

Use Compatibles – you could save heaps by simply switching to a compatible toner, the quality of these are far improved since they first came onto the market and they will not invalidate your warranty of your machine.

Step 5.

Go for Managed print – join our toner contract and save money on printer repairs. By simply using our toners you could avoid any unexpected costs on future repairs. Ask for details now and start saving £££££’s.

Call or email us now for details on 0871 789 1012 repairs@london-printer-repairs.co.uk

However some companies are now offering more diverse contracts or pay per print options to meet the requirements of many of the small to medium sized businesses that do not wish to be tied into long contracts or already have their own printers so have no requirement to lease a new machine.

London Printer Repairs is doing just that, we’ve listened to our customers and we know that when things go wrong  you want to know who to call and have an experienced printer engineer there within an agreed timeframe and not end up a with a  huge unexpected bill at the end of your repairs. We offer a pay per print option with NO tie ins that can be used with your current machine. No fuss, no hidden extras, no unexpected costs. All the benefits of a premium contract without the hassle. We pride ourselves on our customer care and will do what it takes to keep your business printing! Ask about our toner contract now and start saving!!!

However, many contracts do not include parts or will specify a list of parts that will not be covered under the agreement which they then charge a hefty fee to supply. A lot of maintenance agreements will also charge for a callout and parts if the fault is caused by a consumable (drum, maintenance kit, transfer belt, cartridge, fusers, pickup rollers, imaging unit etc). These are often the most common faults so you could end up paying more than you need too. Make sure you read the small print and ask the questions! For example “my printer needs a new maintenance kit, is this covered? if not how much do you charge to supply and fit this?” you may be surprised at the answer…

A good company will be open and upfront with details of what is covered and what is not and should supply a list of prices for your printers so you can check these are a reasonable rate before you sign

You will  be charged a callout fee and often an hourly rate adding to the cost of your repair, good engineers often charge good money. Don’t be fooled by low callout rates, you are paying for an engineer’s time and expertise if a company is charging below the market rate they will often be charging more than the market rate for the parts. Always check the cost of a re-visit and hourly rate.

This problem can be resolved by cleaning the scanner assembly’s mirrors and lenses especially the magenta one this involves removing the scanner assembly from the machine and cleaning it with a cotton bud and after which your machine will be as good as new.

This procedure will take an experienced printer engineer around 45mins to do and a novice 2/3 hours.

Here are some brief instruction if you wish to fix the printer yourself.

1. Remove the right cover; remove one screw at the back and pull the right cover off
2. Remove the left cover; remove one screw at the bottom of the cover, press the clip in at the front, and pull the cover off
3. Remove the metal plate on the back of the printer.
4. Remove the cables connected to the two logic boards except for the flat cable connecting the two boards together and the yellow cables at the bottom of the right hand board
5. Remove the cables from the black plastic cable guides
6. Remove the L shaped cable guide at the right by pressing in two clips with a small screwdriver and pull the guide out.
7. Remove the long horizontal guide by sliding it to the left and lifting it away.
8. 2605 – unclip the cable guide on the left
9. Remove the eleven screws from the metal plate with the two logic boards on it and lift the plate away complete with the boards.
10. Remove the white plastic clip holding the two flat cables from the scanner to the printer chassis
11. Remove the three screws from the scanner, two at the top and one at the bottom, and lift the scanner assembly out of the printer (2605 – bottom screw has a metal spring plate covering it)
12. With the scanner on the bench in front of you, you can now dismantle it ready for cleaning.
13. Remove one screw and a spring from the front of the scanner and lift off the cover.
14. Remove the long plastic arm which will fall out if you turn the scanner over. Remember how this arm fits.
15. You will see four 6 cm long red / purple coloured mirrors inside the scanner. Inspect the bottom one. Initially it will look the same as the others. Carefully wipe a small part of it with a cotton wool bud and you will see the difference it makes. It is this thin coating on the mirror that causes the fault.
16. Carefully blow away the dust from inside the scanner. Use the cotton wool buds to clean all the mirrors and lenses. Blow again to remove any fluff left behind by the cotton wool buds. It’s now ready for reassembling.
17. When you fit the scanner back into the printer, make sure it’s seated correctly. It hooks in at the top first and there are two locating lugs on the right hand side, one at the top and one at the bottom.
18. Be careful not to pull the two flat cables out of the scanner. When you fit the plate and logic boards back into the printer, be careful not to trap the purple wires from the top of the scanner behind the metal plate.
19. It’s probably best to leave the side covers and back cover off until you’re sure it’s working. Power the printer on. If you get any error messages, check all the cables are connected. Any scanner related errors are usually caused by the flat cables from the scanner coming out or the purple wires from the scanner trapped behind the metal plate.

Do a test print. It should be looking good now.

If you are getting the cleaning message after every print or every other print and you are printing from tray1 and useing the paper custom size paper then follow the following steps and this will fix your fault with your HP 3800 printer. So before you call out for a printer repair try this.

Solution:

Create a custom form in the server properties.

Goto Printer and Faxes window. Click File then Server Properties. On the Forms tab click Create a new form. Type in a form name, type in the dimensions , and leave the margins all set to 0 . Click Save form. In your application go to the Page Setup, the new form that you created should show up as a new paper size , now select this form. Print the job, there is no need to choose a custom size in the driver properties, nor a reason to set a custom size on the printer. The job should now print without pauses in between pages nor a cleaning phase at the end of the job.

SOLUTION FOR TRAY 1 ANY SIZE/ANY TYPE:

Set the tray 1 size and type to the media loaded [or] change the tray 1 optimize setting to ALTERNATE. This can be found in the Printers menu, under CONFIGURE DEVICE\PRINT QUALITY\OPTIMIZE\TRAY 1

For example you could go out and buy a new Oki ML-1910 A4 mono Laserjet for around £62.85 the toners for these machines are around £55.00 plus vat and prints around 2,500 pages so the cost print is 0.022p if you printed 1000,000 prints this would cost you in toner £2220.00 these machine is fine if you print a little not high volumes.

If you compare this with an HP P4014 which costs around £452.82 plus vat the toner price is around £112.00 with a page yield of 10,000 pages the cost per print here would be 0.0001 and if this machine printed 100,000 prints in a year the cost would £1120 if you printed 100,000 pages in a year which i have seen many printers do this in business environments you would have saved including the purchase of the printers. A saving in year one of £690.00 and every year after of £1120.00 if the printer lasted 3 years you would have saved £2930.00.

Although i kind of doubt the Oki would have lasted that long printing at that rate, it is the example here that is important. Again if you are a home use who prints a couple of prints a day then the HP would have been over kill and hence saved your self-money in not buying the more expensive printer.

So make sure before you buy a print you know the following.

1. How much do you print
2. Cost per print.
3. Consumable cost.
4. Also check the price of other consumables like drums, photoconductor units these can be quiet pricey

Peter Machado

www.london-printer-repairs.co.uk