Saturday, December 22, 2007

Printers and Scanners: Removing Paper Dust

What is the best way to clean paper dust from a laser printer?
1. Use denatured alcohol and a cotton swab.
2. >>Use compressed air.
3. Replace the toner cartridge.
4. Use the maintenance kit that comes with the printer.

Explanation : The best way to remove paper dust (and other dust particles) from a laser printer is to blow it out using a can of compressed air. You could optionally use a low static vacuum.
You can use denatured alcohol and a cotton swab to clean many parts of a laser printer, including the transfer wire and the rubber rollers. However, paper dust is dry, so the best thing to do is to use compressed air to blow out the printer first. Next, you can remove things that are stuck onto components using the denatured alcohol.
A maintenance kit is a set of software programs for analyzing and correcting problems. It cannot be used to remove dust.
Replacing the toner cartridge will not help remove paper dust from within the printer.
Objective: Printers and Scanners