I inspected the belt on the printer and it looks like
a few areas have cuts in it where a VERY thin sliver of the outer belt rubber in the middle of the belt comes off. so something has cut into it.
I'm thinking this is the early stage of the belt ripping?
There is a good amount of white dust on the belt, likely from paper. Is it better to wipe the belt down with this magic lube as well? Or just on the rods as I read on another thread?
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http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=18917)
Either way Amazon had the oil for $40 shipped. Partshere had it for $38shipped, but from another report of vendors selling the wrong item, I rather deal with Amazon(not necessarily better, but?!).
Its a bit odd to me that HP having this printer from the 2100, to 3100, AND the 3200 has not used a belt with longer service life. Doesn't make sense. Or a belt that can be buckled some how rather than needing a full tear down to replace.
So can I make a few 13x19 prints, or do I STOP using the printer until the lube comes in?
Also, this thing is load, can I power it down each night or would that be bad to restart things each day?