Good Problem - 50,000lbs of printers...........per month

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

While, I am sure that all printers do store some data, I have never met any printer that would store personal information. Especially from a company. There is to much risk of a multi million dollar lawsuit if someone's information is on something like that and can be easily retrievable.

You really should research things prior to posting. Printers do store information in them. Lots of information. Even some of your simple home printers, print a microscopic serial number on every page you print to allow law enforcement to track down documents. Printers are just like computers. They need to be handled and disposed of properly or your info is going to end up in the wrong peoples hands.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18563_162-6412439.html

It took Juntunen just 30 minutes to pull the hard drives out of the copiers. Then, using a forensic software program available for free on the Internet, he ran a scan - downloading tens of thousands of documents in less than 12 hours.



The results were stunning: from the sex crimes unit there were detailed domestic violence complaints and a list of wanted sex offenders. On a second machine from the Buffalo Police Narcotics Unit we found a list of targets in a major drug raid.

The third machine, from a New York construction company, spit out design plans for a building near Ground Zero in Manhattan; 95 pages of pay stubs with names, addresses and social security numbers; and $40,000 in copied checks

Serial numbers on documents

http://www.pcworld.com/article/11866...documents.html