office printer vs home printer for scrap

Which printers do you take apart for Scrap? Are there any worth your time doing so?

All of them! I mean I don't disassemble them entirely unless they are very large, expensive printers and are worth parting out that way. For most printers I just open the side panel, pop out the circuit board found there, pop out the ink cartridge for cartridge buyers, and haul the rest as tin to the yard. If you do break them down the whole way you can expect a few small motors, some magnetic stainless steel, light iron and a little insulated wire. All printers follow the same set-up pretty much. The really big ones just offer more bang for your buck and are worth more disassembly effort. Fwiw there are lots of threads on various printers you can search in the archive.

Originally Posted by JJinLV

All of them! I mean I don't disassemble them entirely unless they are very large, expensive printers and are worth parting out that way. For most printers I just open the side panel, pop out the circuit board found there, pop out the ink cartridge for cartridge buyers, and haul the rest as tin to the yard. If you do break them down the whole way you can expect a few small motors, some magnetic stainless steel, light iron and a little insulated wire. All printers follow the same set-up pretty much. The really big ones just offer more bang for your buck and are worth more disassembly effort. Fwiw there are lots of threads on various printers you can search in the archive.

Yes you are right with the bigger ones from companies they are worth taking apart since they have a few cards in them. This was a medium office printer and it was okay. I can't wait until I get my hands on a bigger printer to take it apart just so I can check it of my list.

I just took a on office printer down. That thing weighed at least 500lbs. Got some great stuff out of it for sure.

Originally Posted by FatBones

I just took a on office printer down. That thing weighed at least 500lbs. Got some great stuff out of it for sure.

Fatbones I'm happy for you. I can't wait until I get my hands on one of those big printers.

in newer printers, the only thing worth removing is the boards.
these printers tend to be mostly plastic.

the older ones have lots of small motors and many of them yield a decent amount of copper- not to mention they had more steel in them- heavier, solid stuff.
so irrespective of home or office printer- the deciding factor for me is old vs new.

I say the big printers (big scanners/printers multifunctional printers) are worth taking a part!
Check out this video to see how much I've made only from steel frame of two big printers

My yard takes printers and copiers with the plastic still on them. I pull the good circuit boards and sell the rest as shred.