Laser printer breakdown

**harrisvh** · 11-01-2011, 02:06 PM

Ok this is my first go at uploading pictures so I'm going to hope it works.

I broke down a laser printer yesterday and got different values to the OP. Did the weigh ins and thought i'd post for another POV
Printer broken down -OKI 3200 weight 20kg (not including consumables)
Copper from motors 500g (I have left most of the copper on the motors as I intend to sell these as arts and crafts wire but I did a breakdown of one you can see and multiplied this value.)
Aluminium 300g

What I assume to be high grade boards 450g, -the readers in the middle I have not across a pricing grade for these yet, anyone know?

12kg steel.

10kg plastic and rubber -some of this was non recyclable thermosetting plastic about 1.5kg

a small amount of thin wires and a couple of low grade boards.
gives a total value for the metals and boards of $8.85 Not including the lowgrade boards or wires

I spent some time breaking this down to almost clean metals and plastics which i'm sure you could have just left on and thrown in with the steel. Btw it was a very messy job, powder everywhere. broke the cartridge holders down in the bath but when I tried to rinse it down with the shower I find it repels water and instead just goes up in a huge dust cloud. Took me ages to clean the mess up and off the walls.

**tackleberry** · 11-01-2011, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by harrisvh

Btw it was a very messy job, powder everywhere. broke the cartridge holders down in the bath but when I tried to rinse it down with the shower I find it repels water and instead just goes up in a huge dust cloud. Took me ages to clean the mess up and off the walls.

Yikes, very glad I didn't encounter the same problem. As you might be able to tell from the pictures I did the breakdown in my living room lol.

**harrisvh** · 11-01-2011, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by tackleberry

Yikes, very glad I didn't encounter the same problem. As you might be able to tell from the pictures I did the breakdown in my living room lol.

Yes so did I to start with

for some reason all the powder had emptied from all the 4 cartridges into printer, it all emptied on my carpet. It is not like Ink however and seems not to stick to carpets and such. What it does stick to however is any organic substance, so any drink spills (no matter how old), oil and grease marks no matter how light. Finger prints come up especially well....
Luckily I vacuumed it up easy enough in the living room but the bathroom when I switched on the shower to try to wash all the power down. It shot up and EVERY finger print in my bathroom showed up. I should be thankful i'm fully tiled or it would need repainting. I've no idea how some of prints got to some spots. It was like spiderman had been in there.