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Can one turn a color laser printer upside down
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.) |
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Can one turn a color laser printer upside down
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 |
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Can one turn a color laser printer upside down
On 11/20/2014 6:46 PM, Tony wrote:
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 If you know the model number of the printer you may be able to find someone on the internet who sells parts for the printer. You may also try to contact the manufacture of the printer |
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Can one turn a color laser printer upside down
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:46:31 -0600, Tony lizandtony at orcon dot net
dot nz wrote: micky wrote: Can one turn a color laser printer upside down without bad things happening? 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 When a printer is shipped UPS or FedEx it can end up in all sorts of positions. As pointed out, removing the cartridges pretty much returns it so the state it was shipped in. Take out any trays or paper holders too. |
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Can one turn a color laser printer upside down
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Ed Pawlowski wrote: On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:46:31 -0600, Tony lizandtony at orcon dot net dot nz wrote: micky wrote: Can one turn a color laser printer upside down without bad things happening? 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 When a printer is shipped UPS or FedEx it can end up in all sorts of positions. As pointed out, removing the cartridges pretty much returns it so the state it was shipped in. New printers usually have cardboard tabs to keep sensitive parts from banging into each other, too. Take out any trays or paper holders too. And waste toner containers, if there are any, and spilled toner. -- -eben P ebmanda.redirectme.net:81 LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine, remember that when your appendix bursts next week. -- Weird Al |
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Can one turn a color laser printer upside down
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:06:52 -0500, 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.) Well, thanks Tony, Keith, Ed, Hactar. My friend still hasn't had time to install the printer. And the warnings made me consider putting the printer on two piles of books or something and gluing it while it's right side up. The plastic is very thin on the piece that holds the document feeder to the rest of it. I glued the part that broke off (no ink in the document feeder) with epoxee for plastic. And I noticed that the other side was cracking too. I may try to glue the second side if it finishes breaking, but I think it's more likely I'll glue the whole document feeder to the rest of the printer, with Ambroid Cement. One of the best glues there is, but only sold at model and model train stores. It sticks to almost anything, dries quickly, is strong, but weak enough you can break it off if you want to disassemble something. On the bottom are long thin ridges that hold the paper tray in place. There are still 7 or 8 inches of ridge on both sides, but about an inch is broken off and only holding on at the narrow end. That's what I wanted to turn the printer upside down to glue. I can find out the brand if anyone wants, though this model is about 10 years old. The previous owner managed to use it for 10 years. The document feeder seemed to hold in place pretty well even with one half of the slot broken off, and certainly the paper tray was okay. It's a color laser, printer copier scanner. I hope my friend gives it back to me when he's done with it. (He bought a new pritner and then found out it wouldn't work with his old version of Mac OS.) |
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Can one turn a color laser printer upside down
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:22:32 -0500, micky
wrote: It's a color laser, printer copier scanner. I hope my friend gives it back to me when he's done with it. (He bought a new pritner and then found out it wouldn't work with his old version of Mac OS.) So he's buying a new Mac that will work with the new printer. |
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