Question : Life expectancy of a laser printer?
I have a HP LaserJet 6p, which has printed 22,000 pages according to the counter. Does anyone know how much more use I can expect to get out of it? What is the first component likely to fail (other than toner cartridges of course), when, and is it worth replacing or should I at that point get a new printer?
- asked by aaltonen
All Answers:
Answer #1
check your manual, it should give you the MTBF figure in there based on hours of
operation or pages produced.
- answered by casurfwatcher
Answer #2
reading from the manualMaximum duty-cycle is 6,000 pages per monththe warranty
was for a year originally so you have not totally maxed it out yet.But .... it
's age must be taken in account ( the rubber pick up wheels dry out ,, the fuser
might crack, or blow ) so I would not rely on it to greatly and be happy at any
further use you may get from it
- answered by Michael K
Answer #3
I think that you should send that one to me and get a new one... JUST KIDDING!!!
(but if you mail it to me I would keep it!)...I have an HP LaserJet 4 that has
printed only 11000 pages and I had an HP LaserJet II Prior to this one...I
printed much more on the LaserJet II than I do on this one (now I just print
homework or research papers)...I got many years of service out of them both with
no real problems (changing the toner cartridge and cleaning inside cleared up
any problems I have had)...My nephew still uses the LaserJet II
- answered by ♥Tom♥
Answer #4
A lot more
- answered by efrankdeniro
Answer #5
The printer should last at least 5 yrs. It's the toner that will run out first.
Then the drum.
- answered by knowitall
Answer #6
I have seen HP 6Ps with over 100,000 prints and they were still going strong.
If you perform preventative maintenance there will be no long term problems. On
the other hand, the 6P is such an old model, it would be advisable to replace it
with a newer one. They are faster and cheaper to run.
- answered by Dr Why
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