>
> Got into that KX-P4430 again and seemed to have made some
> improvements. As the original intention was to use it for PCB mftr
> what I've got now should be usable. Time spent with a scalpel
> blade might be more economic than nth degree cleaning. If all else
> fails I can just run this drum out on pages that don't gotta be too
> pretty, like app notes or something
>
> Roman -
>
> There are two strips of plastic with a thin gap between them that
> the powder gets attracted thorugh onto the drum. A fair bit of loose
> powder around there to clean out. Also, one of the strips was not
> attached all the way along, like the powder had perhaps got under
> the glue line. Re-glued that. Half-way through a clean-up of the drum
> itself and already that side of the page is better. Still on the scruffy
> side though - either it's knackered or there's a remaining problem
> with the powder-to-paper transfer
>
> The echoed printing and ghostly line are a lot lighter and there are
> still a few small dots, which now that most of the random smudging
> has gone can be seen to be repeated on every page, so that can
> be tracked back to somewhere on the drum's surface
>
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