Flashing lines of dots

I opened my macbook a1181 and to the left side i have a vertical strip about 2 inches wide with lines of dots that flash. When starting up the computer it is just a small area in the middle of the screen but once te computer is running its from top to bottom. I recently install snow leopard 10.6.3. does the screen need tobe replaced or is it something else? please help

The dots you see the footprints of the sets of "star rollers" that facilitate the feeding of the paper. One way to prevent it would be to use slightly thinner photo paper. I've not seen this issue many times before. Not specifically to this printer either.
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