micky wrote:
Can one turn a color laser printer upside down without bad things
happening? The plastic that holds the bottom tray in is very thin,
starting to break off, and I'd like to glue it. I think it's an Epson
but I can find out the make and model if it might matter.**


I turned an inkjet printer upside down once and spilled red ink on my
stairway carpet and on the bathroom floor, where it stained the grout.
I had to scrape out the grout to a depth of at least 1/8" and maybe
1/4", I can't recall. Deeper than I would have expected. My
flat-blade screwdriver was shaped like an arrow when I was done. The
carpet never got fixed. (The plan is that eventually it will be as
dirty as the red spot looks. )


** ( The platic channel that holds the document feeder on has already
broken off a piece. I can maybe glue it back, but the same piece on the
other side is alreay cracking! Here I can't have too much glue on
either side or it will interfere with sliding on. In the case of the
bottom tray, I can certainly have excess on the bottom, which at most
touches the table.)
You will probably be OK if you are very gentle. There is always some loose
toner in laser printers and that will fall out but it won't stain your floor.
When you turn it back the right way you may need to run quite a bit of paper
through to pick up the loose toner in the paper path.
You should remove toner crtridges etc before you turn it over and make sure you
store them out of the light (light will cause them to deteriorate over time).
Tony