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My Samsung CLX 3175 printer used to print normally until the power port at the rear was damaged. The printer turns on normally and scans normally, but the printing only gets done a very tiny section of the image, which is always the same (approx one inch of the left side of what’s on the page). There are no traces of ink whatsoever in the rest of the page. I went through all the possible troubleshooting that the repair service suggested but nothing changed. I think this might have something to do with the circuit board moving or a hard-ware related issue, but I’m not definetely sure. I would really appreciate if someone could give me an insight into this problem as it does seem the printer is repairable. Thanks a lot for your help!
I had the same problem and I found the fix: After opening and closing the printer because of “deve home sensor error”, printer was printing only small maybe 25mm stripe on the left side of the paper. After a bit of research I found a small part on the floor, that surely fell out and I didn’t know where to put it back, also I thought that it can’t have any connection with false printint. After some time I figured where the part should be, I put it back and since then printer is printing flawlessly! I was so amazed, that I removed the part again and stripe printing came back, when I put this little plastic part back again, everything was ok. I still see no logic in this, but it really works:) two photos:
sounds to me as you have a bad install you need to reinstall it all again. Had the same problem but now sorted, this is what i did. Uninstalled all the software for my printer deleted the printer from the compter unplug the printer from the network and power, restarted the pc then reinstall printer software, need to install it like it’s the first time you installed it, connect the printer when told to by the software. Hope this helps.
aless, right now any for sure answer is pretty much impossible, it would only be a guessing game. Since it worked until the power port broke, I would suggest you start with that. Disassemble your printer, repair the broken part, then re-evaluate.
I have the exact same problem. My printer stopped working with a “system error, please cycle power” error message. I changed the fuser which has cleared the error, but I am now only able to print a 30mm stripe on the left hand side. I am nor sure whether the fuser that i replaced is faulty or it is now a different issue. a service call out was about £169 and a new printer is only about £180!
Hi, I have the same issue; printing only 3cm on the left side… Anyone managed to solve this problem ? Thanks
Hi Alexandre, I haven’t found a solution yet, but still willing to get more insight into this issue to solve it (my printer is still at home as I use the scanner). How did your printer start doing this, Alexandre? Did you reach any conclusions, Mark? If someone can contribute with any idea or solution, please post! thanks.
It started doing this when I opened it because of the Local Developper failure… Never Samsung printer anymore !
Well done Pohistvo123 I had exactly the same issue saw your post and photo’s didnt think that !@#$ piece of plastic would cause so much grief!!!!
Not sure if my problem fits here, but my printer Brother MFC-J4510DW is with some pictures only printing the left and the right side of the pic, not the middle ….it was an working with all functions fine until recently, so dont tell me its an old printer and I should toss it :-)
