Concorde1993
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I picked up a boxed, mint condition LaserWriter IINT over the holidays on the cheap. Based on the page count shown on the test page and the overall appearance of the unit, it was hardly used (only 4000 or so pages printed if the page count is accurate).
The only flaw with it, apart from it being a slow printer (although far superior to my long-gone Personal LaserWriter 300) - the toner smears. The original Apple EP-S cartridge was all shot to hell (toner dust everywhere) and was immediately disposed of. I was able to source two NIB OEM HP 95A toner cartridges locally for $10 each. The first print (as shown in the pics) was perfect - no smearing at all - and the toner bonded very well to the paper with no jagged edges. Unfortunately, the second test page showed some smearing, and all other subsequent pages showed further reduction in print quality.
The printer overall is generally clean with little toner powder debris from the previous Apple cartridge. I installed a new cleaning pad that came with the new toner cartridge. Could it be that the HP toner cartridge is just too old to work properly? Both are from 1997. I haven't tried using the other NIB 95A cartridge.
The only flaw with it, apart from it being a slow printer (although far superior to my long-gone Personal LaserWriter 300) - the toner smears. The original Apple EP-S cartridge was all shot to hell (toner dust everywhere) and was immediately disposed of. I was able to source two NIB OEM HP 95A toner cartridges locally for $10 each. The first print (as shown in the pics) was perfect - no smearing at all - and the toner bonded very well to the paper with no jagged edges. Unfortunately, the second test page showed some smearing, and all other subsequent pages showed further reduction in print quality.
The printer overall is generally clean with little toner powder debris from the previous Apple cartridge. I installed a new cleaning pad that came with the new toner cartridge. Could it be that the HP toner cartridge is just too old to work properly? Both are from 1997. I haven't tried using the other NIB 95A cartridge.