Chuck,
It sounds like the fusing element has holes burned through it. Instead of
fusing the toner to the paper, it flakes of, hence, no text. The fusing
element is a round bar, dark brown in cover. It's actually the heating
element with a plastic cover over it that rolls. Look at HP's web site to
get a better idea of where it's at in the printer. In my opinion, it's
better to buy one of the newer lasers for about 50-75 dollars than the
repair parts for the HP.
Michael



>i have a 4 year old HP1100 laser jet that is printing 'choppy.' parts of all
>the text is missing and it just looks very bad. i've tried a different
>cartridge. has anyone had this problem with this printer?

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