what type of smell is it? a burning smell?

try turning the printer off (at the wall) and opening the lid (or anything else) to try and cool it down.

Originally Posted by snowleopard48

try turning the printer off (at the wall) and opening the lid (or anything else) to try and cool it down.

do this for approx. 10/15 mins.

Laser printer debate heats up (ABC News in Science)

its killing you (just like the blue M and M's ) )

Byrd is right, what is smelling is the fuser rollers, and some odour during the fusing process is perfectly normal -- all laser printers do that.

Most laser printers either come with a fuser roller cleaning stick in the box, or one comes with each toner-pack -- the fuser rollers should be cleaned every time a toner-pack is changed.

Another tip to stop your printer from smelling -- don't use Reflex brand paper. Reflex paper is a low-bond, below-average short-fibre stock with a high chaff content. Chaff is the fine white powder that occurs when the end-pieces of fibre in the paper break off, and the shorter the fibres used in the pulp, the more end bits you have and thus the more chaff. Chaff is the bane of any laser printer or photocopier, and bits of fibre that have broken off but not come away from the paper end up getting stuck on the fuser rollers.

As to which brand of paper to choose -- if it says "Made In Australia" on the packaging, don't buy it. The best brand of all is "Fuji Xerox Recycled Supreme", manufactured in Europe, and costs between $12 and $20 per ream. XRS is 100% post-consumer waste, which is reflected in its slightly off white colour. Despite being a recycled product, it is very low in chaff.

Evolve, if you can find it, is exceptionally good considering it is another true-100%-recycled product, and has the best 'green' ranking. Other brands with a low chaff content are Nautilus, Canon 100, Victory and Double A -- the last two are the easiest to find.

Reflex is made locally by Paperlinx, which is wholly owned by the American packaging megacorp Amcor. Virtually all paper manufactured by Amcor is made from non-plantation trees; every time you buy Reflex (or other Amcor brands including Tudor, Spicers, Oz Copy, Optix, Copyright, Australian Paper and Dalton) you are funding the destruction of Australian native forests. NEVER buy Reflex's so-called "recycled" paper either -- none of the content has actually been used by consumers. Instead, it is 70% fresh native-forest wood, 10% cotton waste and 20% re-pulped printer's cuts.

Originally Posted by Simo

So any suggested paper brands? (Ill have a look into cleaning the rollers...)

I've been sticking with HP Everyday Paper and Double A's paper for some time... after I became displeased with Reflex paper being slightly transparent when held to the light.

Originally Posted by hamusta

Thanks heaps for the information! Anyone know where i could find Fuji Xerox Recycled Supreme? If not, maybe ill just change to Double A.

Funnily enough, Xerox sells it on their site

https://www.xeroxsupplies.com.au/pro...?SKU=003R94568