Printers

Taking printers apart-- sometimes permanently, sometimes to make them work better-- can be a lot of fun. Welcome to Printerland, aka Printer Island. We're now in the middle of the Warehouse and we've got a new look. Still making lots of changes, and the space is a bit of a mess, but here goes nothing...

Just Printers? Right now we receive a wide variety of things. Receiving takes some of it into Printer Island, and sorts the rest of it according to Printer Triage. Our incoming pile is in the Warehouse, just next to the door to Evaluation. Evaluation The machines at Printer Island are first sorted according to the following flowchart: Meta Evaluation Machines which fail are processed through the following chart before being broken down: Recycling Prep Machines which pass are further tested for possible reuse through the following flowcharts: Inkjet Testing Laserjet Testing Scanner Testing Recycling Recyclable printers and related gizmos are on the "Recyclables" shelves in Printer Island, to be processed according to Printer Disassembly. How To Run Printer Island Things that need to be done regularly to keep Printer Island going: Printer Island Checklist

Printer Links Staff schedule: Find out when Printer Island is open. tonsoftoner.com: Find out what ink/toner a printer model takes. inkreference.com: Or vice versa. fixyourownprinter.com: A good reference for printer errors. printertechs.com: A reference for Laserjet error codes.