Crossposted from https://europe.pub/post/13331515

Some might recall my past post on find a brother laser printer in a dumpster, which simply worked. Again, I found a 2nd Brother laser printer. This time on a curb among other dumped things (“Dumpster” used in the topic for dramatic click-bait effect… shame “brother” lowercases their brand name 😀).

So this is just to stress that people are dumping laser printers not because they fail but apparently just ridding themselves of analog things.

I suspect dumped inkjet printers are often broken, but many are MFDs. The printer is broken but I find that the scanning function always works. So in the end, you may never need to buy a printer or scanner in Brussels. Just dumpster dive. Don’t buy an LCD screen either. I think 1 out of 6 or so LCDs I have taken from curbs have no problems. So unless there is visible obvious damage, don’t assume stuff is broken.