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Thanks for going to the trouble you did to educate the rest of us, Chris.

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

Thanks Grant! 😊👍

The LaserJet III and IIIp were some of the greatest printers of all time. I was an HP service Tech for 10 years and I routinely serviced these with page counts in the millions. There was a LaserJet III that one of my clients had that had over 6 MILLION pages total page count. I personally installed 24 maintenance kits over about 6-8 years (that particular printer which was set to a 250,000 page service interval.) which equates to over 6million pages ... It was still running strong when I left the business. The LJ 8100 was also great.... Multi Million page counts were common.

@TheUltimateRecycler

28 күн бұрын

Wow, I bet modern printers would struggle to get thousands let alone millions! 😲🙄

Well Chris I very much appreciate this. I have fond memories of a printer like this servicing a computer lab at Uni. It worked tirelessly with the lab tech changing out the toner cartridge every day or so. I looked at a test page it had printed showing it had printed out hundreds of thousands of pages, This was as you'll recall shortly after the dot matrix printer era and the text was shockingly dark and clear and precise in comparison.

@jjslibrary

29 күн бұрын

Black and white laser printers are some of the best value in printing. I bought one used for $40 or so 15 years ago and and have printed many thousands of pages, only changing toner 2 or 3 times for maybe $20 each time.

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

They certainly made them well Nas! Printers have really come a long way in a relatively short time. I had a dot matrix printer in my small engine shop back in the early 90s - used to love the sound they made! 😁

Great scrap out Chris. Yes I've rescued many printers over the years, and those older ones are better. 👍

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

For sure Alex! The modern ones are a waste of time!

You have a wealth of information to share with others! Thanks for being willing to share and explain so much.

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

Many thanks Dee, that's nice of you to say 😊👍

It's fun to watch scrapping as well, thanks Chris!!

@TheUltimateRecycler

28 күн бұрын

Thanks Jane, glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍

I enjoy scrapping too. Cheers Graham

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

It is a relaxing pastime, Graham! 😊

It is so interesting to see the inside of stuff. You always say it is best to try to sell as a whole or as parts but something so heavy can't really go on ebay and you tried the shop so it is great that you can still monitize it as a demolition vid. Looks like this one was half and half - lots of plastic and steel. I love your approach to all things even if they are dusty or no longer useful.

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

Thanks Sarit, I'm pleased you enjoyed the journey! 😊👍

Bit of a shame that, those old HPs were real workhorses and if I didn't live on the other side of the world I would have been interested myself, hook it up to a Raspberry Pi as a print server and you have something that is probably good for tens of thousands of pages. The new stuff doesn't hold a candle to the reliability of these!

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

True Jason, the older stuff was generally so much more reliable! I gave it at least six months, but it was time for it to go!

Thanks for sharing

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

Thanks Cynthia 👍😊

Looked fun, another good video, cheers

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

It is fun just pulling things apart! Thanks FF 😊👍

Wouldn’t like to play with a laser printer because of toner, that black powder can make a real mess…

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

Yep Retif, it sure can! This one wasn't too bad though 👍

Hard to believe a printer could have almost 10$ of scrap inside. But if you pick one if those beasts up the weight might convince you.

@TheUltimateRecycler

28 күн бұрын

They are substantially heavier than modern printers for sure Kayle! But if you take off $4 for the switches, it's only $6 worth of scrap - and that's AU$ too, so not that lucrative!

@Th3Pr0digalS0n

27 күн бұрын

@@TheUltimateRecycler I was trying to be optimistic for you and not mention the value of the Dollar. 😄

I see I predicted wrong!

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

Well, it wasn't a fortune Paul, but certainly better than a modern printer!

I'm seeing silver DVD players at the left of screen at the beginning, appears to be a JVC on top? Just a note, most JVC players are region free with DVD's I've found. Makes it easy to play all region discs if that' your thing. Might help sell it in the shop quicker.

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

I have quite a lot stacked up around the place actually! Some for eBay, some for the shop. I must get onto them soon!

@fayehendricksen5689

28 күн бұрын

What does region free mean please?

@vamoose34

27 күн бұрын

@@fayehendricksen5689 region free means they play discs that are region locked to different parts of the world (Australia is Region 4, USA Region 1, etc).

Noooooooooo……………

@TheUltimateRecycler

21 күн бұрын

Sorry, it was time...

Well Chris. Another item I can say we have ( in your case Had) in common. But seeing as I paid £20 for it 25 years ago, I can’t bear to scrap it.

@TheUltimateRecycler

29 күн бұрын

Seems like we have many "matches" in our sheds Ian! Don't worry - your money was well spent as they make excellent "blocks" for stacking things to the roof line! 😉🤣🤣