Printer Triage for Receiving
INKJET PRINTERS
Hewlet Packard
- Deskjets below 895 Recycle
- 895 and above Keep
- 2000C series (these are big printers) Recycle
- 1600 Recycle
EPSON
- Wide Format KEEP
CANON
- Wide Format KEEP
- All of them Recycle
LEXMARK
- All of them Recycle
OKIDATA
- KEEP All of them
Laser Printers
HEWLET PACKARD
- HP laserjet 4 and above Keep
- HP Laserjet 3 and below Recycle
LEXMARK
- Lexmark Optra S and Above Keep
- Lexmark Below Optra S Recycle
Textronix
Tektronix all Keep
Xerox
Xerox all Keep
- All others Recycle
REMEMBER ASK IF YOU ARE UNSURE
How to recycle printers
If a printer is on it way to be recycling there are some basic things that need to be done first.
SMALL PRINTERS
- Record Gizmo number on tally computer at the end of aisle 1
- Mine for components (PAPER, INK, TONER, NETWORK CARDS)
- Remove Duplexers (Hump on the back of a printer that makes it so you can print both sides)
- Remove plastic with a swift drop and place plastic in the Plastic Gaylord
- Put in Remiaing printer in the Printer gaylord
If its a big printer please ask for help finding the components
If you follow these steps you have done it correctly.