Re: HP Laserjet 4 (Service code 50)

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From: John Beardmore
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <815989818snz@jasper.demon.co.uk>
           mike@jasper.demon.co.uk "Mike Tomlinson" writes:

>In my experience though, the fuser bulb is the most common failure,
>and is about ukp25 to buy. Replacing it is not too tricky, but don't
>touch the glass envelope of the bulb - it is basically a longer
>version of the halogen floodlight bulbs. The envelope is made of quartz,
>it is porous, and if you get fingerprints on it, the oil from your skin
>burns onto the quartz, causing it to overheat and melt. A hole appears,
>and the filament of your ukp25 bulb becomes a ukp25 firework. :)

Another version of the 'why not to touch your haloge bulb' thing...

-- 
John Beardmore

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