valleyjim
asked Jun 23, 2013 at 12:37pm
HP LaserJet 4
HP LJ 4+ 41.2 Error
Hi everyone,
Thank you for the great forum, it has been a great help to me.
But now I have a LJ 4+ that is giving a 41.2 error. I have done everything suggested here, cleaning, reseating connections and all other suggestions.
I have 3 printers as you can see by my profile, but I do love this one it has been a real work horse with over 150000 prints so far. My question is since I have done everything else, is there something that I need to replace such as scanner or DC?
I really do not want to see this thing go to recycling so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading!
Jim
Thank you for the great forum, it has been a great help to me.
But now I have a LJ 4+ that is giving a 41.2 error. I have done everything suggested here, cleaning, reseating connections and all other suggestions.
I have 3 printers as you can see by my profile, but I do love this one it has been a real work horse with over 150000 prints so far. My question is since I have done everything else, is there something that I need to replace such as scanner or DC?
I really do not want to see this thing go to recycling so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading!
Jim
That's a beam detect problem. I don't know what exactly you cleaned, but you need to get a dry cotton swab and clean every reflective surface and prism inside the laser scanner assy. That includes the spinning mirror assy.
Thank you for answering Moe!
I cleaned the scanner assembly -- a couple times in fact.... I removed it and used a swab to clean the inside (very carefully!) and made sure that everything closed correctly.
Do you think that something like a contact cleaner (no residual of course) would help?
I have some of that lying around and was thinking of trying that to see if that would help. If it doesn't I guess a new scanner assembly may be in order.
But as I stated before I would really hate to get rid of this it has been such a great work horse.
Jim
I cleaned the scanner assembly -- a couple times in fact.... I removed it and used a swab to clean the inside (very carefully!) and made sure that everything closed correctly.
Do you think that something like a contact cleaner (no residual of course) would help?
I have some of that lying around and was thinking of trying that to see if that would help. If it doesn't I guess a new scanner assembly may be in order.
But as I stated before I would really hate to get rid of this it has been such a great work horse.
Jim
Did you try another toner cartridge. They sometimes can cause the error. If you did I would suggest replacing the laser/scanner, followed by the dc controller.
Thank you for the reply!
I didn't know that the cartridge could cause this error. I will replace it as soon as I can.
Jim
I didn't know that the cartridge could cause this error. I will replace it as soon as I can.
Jim
