Must be the time of year for this. I did some black refilling recently which gave me a greyish cast over the page but quality was OK for the toner itself but I found soon after that the magenta failed to print - turns out the black may have been overfilled (by me) and coated the magenta lens with a light coating of black toner dust (I had to look really hard to see it - did a simple air dusting throuth the slit behind the magenta toner cartridge to check - it showed a light layer of colour on reprinting my test colour-bar printer page {Publisher document with graded colour strips) so I knew this was the right direction to follow) so I went throught the "clean the laser lenses job" but messed up the LHS cover refit (that didnt need to come off anyway) and next thing was "door open" error. My "initialising..." error and lights thing started after the door switch was fixed. In my setup the printer list now shows up at first with "No Toner" as a blue bar windows header and also in the status column within the control panel printer list. [WinXP-SP2++ Classic Menu system]. Fixed the No Toner error by performing an NVRAM reset and redoing the Override out setting. BUT... Still not fixed!!! So...downloaded the firmware that seemed right for the model and reloaded (the status within the USB printer list said it was in the ready state after a NVRAM reset). Problem is stillll xjkg@@ there!! ... the two lights keep flashing and the "initializing..." shows in the printer window.
So .. bought a set of cartridge chips as the override out setting disappears when the resetting is done thinking this should sort the problem. Ha Ha - caught again!!
Nothing has changed except the colour bars for the black and magenta in the USB or the TCP/IP remote setup page shows they are near full. Pages show in the print queue as normal but just shows they are being printed - the message disappears and nothing actually prints.
I think we are they victims of a cheap firmware fix - if we could call it a fix.
I have a contact at a remanufacturing group from whom I bought a remanufactured toner unit. I will talk to him tomorrow and see if his techies have anything to quote from their experience. At least I have all the toner and chips for a full replacement set if I decide to replace with a new printer. Forwarned is forarmed so I may look around further but the other printer manufacturers each have their own cons involving washed out colour, expensive toner etc. At least I got 13 months of clear printing out of my 2600n before I struck problems, which is better than many others who have posted to the HP site, with streaking and greying, mottling etc as a DOA or within days or weeks of purchase. Feel confident that I can identify the common issues and get the DOA return in the first day if needed so will follow through.
As a bit of background on our requirements.... As an IT Ops manager I see worse problems than this for just about all printers so this seems to be the pattern in a competitive arena. Just pick the best cost-effective solution for the job you need it for - my wife uses this for high quality greeting and custom cards in graphics and it beats the heck out of our inkjets in cost of consumables and is waterproof as well as glossy and handles most card stock but we have to adjust the paper-stock setting or the heat over-fuses with colour offsetting all over the page. The handfeeding is pretty dodgy also but masking tape holds the side sliders in place fairly well.
Enough rambling. I will repost if I find out more from the remanufacturers tomorrow (no they are not the guys who provided the toner refill kit). DO NOT REALLY HAVE MUCH FAITH IN HP PROVIDING ANY SOLID SOLUTION TO THIS - I feel this is a "Firmware on the Fly" dodgem act.. so I will probably keep the old printer for parts and repurchase as a viable option.
Generally speaking when an out of warranty 2600N fails the best solution is to buy a new 2600N.
You get a years warranty and a set of consumables that would have cost more than the printer.
If you use at least one of each color toner per year then you should be buying new printers just for the supplies, (yes a 2600N comes with full cartridges).
There is one other option. Some places are selling the 1600 for less then 80.00 without toner cartridges. Same printer except for the formatter which is very easy to move from one to the other. Had a person try it over on the hp forum site and he is up and running and a happy camper.
Have Just finished speaking to a tech at the remanufacturers (and HP agents also). First test - turn off printer / remove all cartridges / remove all connecting cable to network or computer (ie USB or Network cable) / close front door and power-up printer. This should complete the reinitialize process. If it doesnt then the DC Formatter board is faulty and is worth more than the printer to repair. It also contains the serial detail for the printer so a new board would require around 10+ mins after replacing to back up details before starting. Second on-board details are carried over from another chip on another board. Final recommendation for mine is - put it aside and go for another new printer as the cost is the main issue. (my concern is is this the only problem?) Another comment that rang a bell was it can drop the board with a faulty network connection - which mine did have with a cable that I used on the repair bench. Since binned that one but it seems that could be the issue. Good luck with your lights with the final test. Regards RicW (Perth - Western Australia - so DC is a bit too far for me but thanks for the offer.)
This will allow you to override the "Toner out" message on the HP 2600n series printer, but it is recommended that you get the new cartridge(s) soon as this will not fix the problem forever!
Try this. . .
Press Select (check mark key) Right Arrow key (System setup displays) Select Right Arrow TWICE (Print quality) Select Right Arrow (Replace supplies) Select (->Stop at out*) Right Arrow (->Override out) Select (->Override out*) X key to return to normal operations
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