Trouble printing card stock on a HP 2600n?

Question

I have a HP color LaserJet 2600n and it is for a business that prints a lot on card stock paper. It is not that old of a printer and the ink is starting to bleed to other parts of the paper. We tried cleaning it and doing all that HP says to do with it and nothing helps.
If we print one page at a time it helps but doing this for 800 sheets and waiting between each print at a time is ridiculous.
Is there something that we can do? Do we need to replace the drum faster because of printing on card stock? Or something else I have not thought of.
Also if someone knows of a better printer that works very good on card stock that would be helpful.

Thanks

Answer 1

The 2600 has individual self-contained cartridges that have their own drums. So you cant replace the drum.

Because you are using toner and cardstock, the fuser (hot part of the printer) needs more time to melt the toner. The cardstock is thicker and therefore the printer needs more time to make sure the heat transfers onto the toner to melt it. That's why when you feed it in one at a time, it helps a little.

There are 2 options if you want printing on cards. Depends on your budget too.

1) Inkjet printers. The disadvantage is that the printing is not water resistant. But it does not need extra time to melt toner. All it does is spit ink onto your card, so the printing is the same speed. Also, some printers have a back slot to feed in paper (thick media) one at a time. HP inkjet printers roll the paper over and up the paper rollers, so if your card is too thick, then you may not be able to feed the paper in. I believe Canon inkjets feed them straight in, so thats another option. But like I said, printing is not water resistant.

2) Higher end laserjets
The higher speed laserjets like the HP CLJ4700 have higher temperature capable fusers (because they run paper thru at a higher speed, so they need more heat to make sure the toner melts). So that also translates to a faster melt time for the toner when you are using cards. You'd need a minimum of a Color LaserJet 3xxx series, probably.

Answer 2

Well considering, if this is a Laser printer, it does not use ink. It uses toner. In fact 4 toner cartridges. Now there used to be a an HP Business Inkjet 2600 that is discontinued, so which do you have?

Since you mention drum I'm assuming a Color Laserjet.

It sounds like the image drum is not being cleaned. Try replacing the image drum. The HP Part Number should be on the drum unit.

If you want a better color laser printer you'll have to spend a lot of dollars.

Answer 3

so you've tried aligning the cartriges, cleaning them, or replacing them, then i would take it to a printer shop or a copy store and see if they can fix it, or send it to hp. If not i would buy a new printer. Funny, an hp? i usually have good luck with them lexmark is usually the one with problems. Anyway Good Luck