[X4U] Recycling Mac's

[Stroller]

On 9 Feb 2007, at 03:56, Daly Jessup wrote:
> ...
> I had a perfectly working Epson 777 color inkjet printer which  
> contained almost new color and black ink cartridges plus two brand  
> new color and black Epson original cartridges. It included the  
> driver installer CD and power and USB cables. I was unable to give  
> it to any member. One lady who is head of technology at the local  
> elementary schools said she could not accept  it. The schools were  
> accepting nothing less than color laser printers.
>
> Incredible. I could only imagine the teachers who are paying for  
> supplies out of their own pockets while the district won't permit  
> them to accept donations like this.  I mean this printer would at  
> least  have permitted some teacher to print out an entire learning  
> module and reports before she had to dispose of it.

You would wish that a teacher print out an entire learning module and  
then dispose of the printer?
I do not know this particular model, but it is often the case that  
with many inkjets it's cheaper to replace the printer than to buy new  
cartridges!

Using an inkjet on a regular basis is likely just not cost-effective  
for a teacher, especially considering the number of old HP Laserjets  
kicking around. HP specified their workgroup models (such as the 4 &  
5 and the 4000 series) at 65,000 pages per month IIRC, and you'll  
often find them being thrown out with "only" half a million pages on  
the clock (you can determine the page count by printing a test page  
from one of the menus). These are therefore being disposed of with  
only about "10 months use" (at the specified duty cycle) and a  
cartridge, which you can pick up brand new on eBay for about £20,  
will do 20,000 pages, IIRC.

And yes, I was surprised to find that teachers around here are paying  
for supplies out of their own pockets. By the last month or half-term  
of the school year the photocopying budget in our town is exhausted  
and the only way teachers can provide printed hand-outs for the kids  
is to produce them at home. :(

Stroller.