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    Whats in a Konica 7050 printer?

    Picking up one of these printers sometime this week, here is the listing http://newjersey.craigslist.org/zip/2992446017.html. What's in one? I've never dealt with a piece of equipment this large. Any info is appreciated



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    Plastic. Some boards. Some motors. Some steel. I know I'm forgetting something. Feel free to correct me.

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    Contact your local printer repair shop to see if they would be interested in any of the parts. Normally a 10 pound transformer, a few 4 pound transformers, a large motor and a bunch of small ones. A high grade board and a couple of low grade boards. Lots of plastic and steel. Be ready for about 250 screws --and not the good kind

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    This one brake down outside it has powder toner and will make a mess. If you get it on you wash in cold water. It will have several moters most of the time they will be to small to get the copper out of. Mostly low to mid grade boards, lots of wire,steel and about a bucket of screws.

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    You folks are right about the screws. I did a big copier once, and it had 15 screws holding down 600 more. PITA for sure. Decent amount of steel, some good boards, 50lbs of plastic, and a big ass mess of toner. I wouldn't jump out of bed for another one, but would grab one on a slow week I guess.

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    I took down a similar copier a few weeks back. I ripped off the plastic all around it. Pulled the wire looms the powersupply board and any high grade board I could see. Then i did the unthinkable. I let anything else inside it..inside it and loaded it on the trailer with the loader! It went with the Shred..LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by R3661N View Post
    Picking up one of these printers sometime this week, here is the listing http://newjersey.craigslist.org/zip/2992446017.html. What's in one? I've never dealt with a piece of equipment this large. Any info is appreciated
    No one....haaahaaaaa...because your link not working...it shows 404 error page..You need to check the url and update real one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gocartridge View Post
    No one....haaahaaaaa...because your link not working...it shows 404 error page..You need to check the url and update real one.
    This is from 2 1/2 years ago. The listing is long gone.
    People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.

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    I have scrapped about 8 large printer copy machines so far , First there heavy and wile there will be motors wires transformers & steel .
    The tear down is not fast and there is a good amount of weight in plastic glass and such .
    My yard is picky but actually takes them as is . Since that is the case That's what I do . Sell as is.
    I feel the good weight of non metal makes giving as is worth it if not the real way to get
    money on it.
    Any time you go the hero direction and end up with weight that the scrap yard does not want your gain with the real stuff,
    is off set by the fact you were getting paid for plastic and glass .
    some of them weigh 500 pounds thats like $52 ,
    Taking it apart you will have to work hard to get that $52

    Yet , I guess they could be parted out to some one in need for real good money
    Last edited by Copper Head; 04-05-2014 at 09:00 PM.

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    I have learned that what copper head said is the best way to deal with these. Check around for a yard that will take them whole(some will, some won't) One time I had 3 of these machines given to me so I loaded them up and took them straight to the scrap yard got 130.00 in about 2 hours work.


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