[Hidden-tech] Local Printer Repair

[Matt Lampiasi]

I've used Entre computer many times over the years with my customers and 
for myself, reasonable price if not a quick drive from northampton 
(theyre across from bobs furniture in w. spfld). Like Jonathon says, if 
you're industrious (and/or cheap) many better quality printers (hp 
lasers for example) have refurb kits which include rubber heads (say 
paper isnt grabbing, paper jams etc). A good laser will go as long as a 
car so its normal and to be expected to have to put some parts into it 
(and worth it on a good printer). I'd agree on most inkjets. dell will 
take back any one item for recycling for a fee which includes the 
shipping. Most of the others (big computer co's) are doing this too. Not 
cheap, but then somebody has to pay somewhere unless you like toxic 
substances seeping into your families drinking water (as an example of 
just just one of the reasons why it needs to be done).

oOoops!: I just found this:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/sna.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~topic=showcase_recycling

no kidding, they've lowered their prices alot since last year. thats cool.

Jonathan Dill wrote:
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> David Shakun wrote:
>> Any recommendations for area businesses that perform printer (inkjet, 
>> laser) repair?
> An inkjet printer is essentially a sales vehicle for ink cartridges.  
> If you put environmental concerns aside, I would expect it to almost 
> never be cost-effective to repair an inkjet printer unless it is a 
> really high-end unit, or you can find someone who repairs a lot of 
> inkjet printers so can do it at a lower cost.  I wonder if any 
> manufacturers out there are taking back old printers and trying to 
> recycle them or anything, that would definitely be a good thing and 
> I'd like to hear about it.  Beware of Dell inkjets though, they are 
> cheap plastic junk and poorly supported in my opinion.
>
> If the printer is out of warranty, it looks like something is clogged 
> up, and you won't cry if it ends up trashing your printer, you might 
> be able to do something with swabs and high purity isopropyl alcohol 
> (97-99%).  I used to do that myself when inkjets were more expensive.  
> The best swabs are foam-tipped, the ones I got were sold for cleaning 
> the heads in magnetic tape drives.  Cotton swabs can leave fibers that 
> will leave streaks on printouts.
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> Jonathan
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Matt Lampiasi, President
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