When I had this problem, I went to the HP site and they say to remove 
the cartridge, clean it, and clean the cartridge tray.
This did no good. The answer was to replace the cartridge.
Read "Cleaning the media path" in the manual.


Dean Kukral wrote:
> My HP 1200 laser printer produces a series of horizontal smudges.  I noticed 
> that one smudge on a short document produced a smudged second copy of the 
> printing.
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
> 
> (My previous printer was an HP 4, which developed similar smudges.  I was 
> never able to fix those.)
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Dean Kukral 
> 
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