You said steady AND blinking.... that complicates things because each indicates different problems, lemme do some more work on this. Info from you, please be as specific as possible on your answers:
- MAIN QUESTION: Blinking vs Steady; what has it been most often since the latest problem developed? One or the other or both, please specify. How long have you been having the current problem? (EDIT: Exactly which lights are blinking/steady? Do you see a low toner or replace drum light or the (!) light, all or none?)
- Have you moved it around a lot? Like when re-organizing the house, moving, going to/from college?
- Have you had any power surges, or anything out of the ordinary happen to the printer recently?
- Had it been making any unusual noises recently while printing?
- Have you changed ink/toner recently? When did you do the last replacement?
- Is the interior of the printer covered in a light coat (almost like a dusting) of ink/toner? Does ink/toner smudge/smear/run too light or too heavy/streak/etc...?
- How often do you use the printer, how much do you print weekly? Is that typical of how you've used the printer over its life? What kind of paper do you use most often (i.e. multipurpose, resume, specialty, card stock, photo glossy/matte, plastic transparencies, etc...), and what size paper?
- What all have you tried in attempt to "fix" this light code (all details are helpful)?
- Have you ever cleaned the printer?
- Does it have a factory power brick and cord, or is it aftermarket? Are all cord connections sturdy and secure?
- Is there anything else you could tell me about the printer that may be even slightly useful? For instance: its had other owners, it was kept/used in an industrial shop, someone spilled beer in it, paper jams-up a lot in it, bought it used and dont know much about it.... anything that you can tell me.
1.at the moment it is steady and i cannot get rid of it, this is the first time i have seen it have steady lights, before this it had, had blinking lights but the last time that happened was 3 weeks ago, and fixing that was taking power and giving it back.
2.no its stayed in the same place since we got it.
3.no. the last time we lost power was a power outage a few months ago
4.no unusual ones
5. no
6. the printer had a little bit of excess toner around here and there, was easily cleaned (did it then, still has lights), no it doesnt streak,
7.i print a fair bit per week, say 20-30 sheets a week, just use normal A4 paper
8.to try and fix it i have tryed taking the power out and putting it back in 10 seconds later ( like i did when it was blinking) i have tryed holding the cross button (X) wile the front cover was open
9. just today to get that excess toner out
10. its just a normal power cord that go's in the back
11.its had a few paper jams in its life, but were its only owner