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I have an old Lexmark x502n Laser Multifunction color printer.

It works perfectly, except it stripes everything I print with white lines:

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I searched on internet and it seems that whenever something like this happens it means that you have to clean toners (their contacts) and sometimes you have to clean rollers. I did search in the printer utilities software and unfortunately there is no option to do it automatically.

Is that right? If not, what should I do, and how should I do it?

Harlandraka
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  • Did you clean the toners and contacts (there is usually a setting to do so)? – Dave Apr 17 '15 at 10:52
  • @Dave Hi! I actually can't find a setting to do it, so I was thinking of manually cleaning toners and contacts, but I wanted someone to confirm that it's the right thing to do – Harlandraka Apr 17 '15 at 11:05
  • I suggest you edit your question to state that, it's pretty important :) – Dave Apr 17 '15 at 11:09
  • @Dave I edited the question. Thanks for the reference, I'll follow the instructions. I also found [this](http://www.lexmark.com/publications/pdfs/2007/x500/v2031317_en.pdf), that at page 103 explains how to manually clean the printer, I'll try that too. Thank you! – Harlandraka Apr 17 '15 at 11:19

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I think you should read 2-62 and 2-63 of the manual as these seem to be specific for your printer.

However, read this page of the manual and onwards as there is a lot of information which is similar to your issue!

Dave
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    I opened the printer and removed the photodeveloper cartridge, as described in the manual. It is full of stripes, in the exact same points where the printing has white stripes, so I really think that's the problem. Now, I think I will buy another printer, as just that cartridge costs around 300$... Thanks though! – Harlandraka Apr 17 '15 at 14:32