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Originally Posted by Bear

Haha! Love it man Welcome to SMF! I have a copy of ERD commander for passwords, it's old but still works on all I've tried. Need to locate my Acronis for cloning some of the newer systems(in the past i've usually just used a manufacturers disk). I prefer the low level format too, or even use a Partition Magic to change the file structure a time or two.
I think in your case the simple pull and sort would work best for time's sake, all that trimming and such is iffy at best from what I've read here. I broke down over 20 old old dot matrix printers today, just grabbing the boards, print heads, and transformers, and snapping them back together with most of the metal still in there, hoping to get by with mixing them in with the computer cases. Printers, I think most guys(or gals) here just grab the cartridges and toss in the shred(light metals) pile, but it'll need be a good mix of mostly metal.
Thanks for the tip on the Dell rescue(glad I saved a copy), need to try that
Marketing isn't so bad when you like what you do, you do it well, and you have people waiting in line to get one ; )

I appreciate it thanks. What do prInt heads fetch? Do you break them down further or sell than as is? I've been tearing them apart, found its a lot of effort for basically nothing it seems. But, at least I'm learning more about the anatomy of a printer... They did have a donor card anyway...

Speaking of printers; came across two Texas Instruments ABT1600 itinerary printers. They used to print tickets for airlines. They were functioning when I grabbed them. Been researching a market for them, apparently very expensive equipment. Brokers want 1k just for the memory. Thinking someone may want the two as is for a fair unload price. Any printer refurb guys here you know of? Would be freight though, heavy things...

Originally Posted by Freesourcetech

Speaking of printers; came across two Texas Instruments ABT1600 itinerary printers. They used to print tickets for airlines. They were functioning when I grabbed them. Been researching a market for them, apparently very expensive equipment. Brokers want 1k just for the memory. Thinking someone may want the two as is for a fair unload price. Any printer refurb guys here you know of? Would be freight though, heavy things...

there is a copy tech forum that knows ; )

Originally Posted by Freesourcetech

I appreciate it thanks. What do prInt heads fetch? Do you break them down further or sell than as is? I've been tearing them apart, found its a lot of effort for basically nothing it seems. But, at least I'm learning more about the anatomy of a printer... They did have a donor card anyway...

there's some little gold boards in some of them http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...-printers.html most of mine had those size ones (maybe 2in sq) plus some Al, a hefty lil transformer, a 3x10ish motherboard grade board, bits of wire and a small motor, and some neat little push rods(punches) from the rollers. I left metals as much as possible, plus getting tired of it and didn't even strip the last ones, but still filled up a good sized tote with over a hundred pounds of the assorted mix I just described for separating on another day. Will be good to get rid of that stack of old printers though