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    what's the most weight in these things...??

    There's a commercial sized printer for free on my local CL. I know these can be a bit hefty, just curious about where the weight comes from, mosly the plastic or are there a enough steel structural pieces that add up?? I've taken apart smaller "office" printers but nothing this size. It seems they're sort of proud of their printer, probably wouldn't appreciate me dropping it on its side in the back of my kid's truck if I loaded it up!

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    The steel frame(s) and other parts I'm guessing

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    I wouldn't worry about what they think when you load it........If close by decent source of boards/wire/etc.......If they want to load it for you and shrink wrap then allow them to load it if not just toss it in the truck and on to the next

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    100-200lbs. - Not very exact, but there are some good boards in them.

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    My yard requires I remove most of the plastic before bringing it to them, so I pull out the sledge and comply.

    I generally avoid them now because for one thing, there are approximately 8,426,229 screws holding all of the little boards, stepper motors, etc. on the darn thing.

    And secondly, the toner--that I somehow managed to get all over myself every time I've processed one of them--is carcinogenic, on the level of asbestos and the beryllium oxide you find in older microwaves with the (usually pink) ceramic magnetron insulators.

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    I brought one home recently and that will be the last one. I'm guessing 250 to 300 pounds. There is a lot of metal in the big ones.
    The yard I go to takes printers and copiers with the plastic. I removed a few good boards and shoved the whole thing out of the van and let it hit the concrete.

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