Multifunction printers

Hello,

I have a Toshiba eStudio 120 - print, scan, copy machine.

The scan mechanism is not working, it is damaged… not fixable.

I would like to convert it to a printer only machine, is it possible to remove and disable those unwanted parts and features and make it a dedicated printer?

Thanks.

Lennox

why not just ignore the broken scanner portion?
I had a simlar printer, the scanner stopped working, but the printer continued for some years…
no reason to attempt to physically or electornically alter the device

Now if the printer part isn’t working either, than recycle it and get a new one

Hi Dave,
Thanks for your input.

The printer part is working to the best of my knowledge, what happened is that the ribbon got trapped and when I was trying to fix that the light got broken.

The problem is that because the scan portion is not working I get a L1 or L3 error and I can’t get pass that.

Lennox

I had an HP multifunction printer and when the scanner died, the whole thing ended up dead. It gave an error (like you’re getting), and when I talked to them they said there was no way to use it just as a printer. And it was cheaper to buy a new one than to fix it. Isn’t that lovely?

Not really related, but may be useful:

in an Epson 7450, the scanned never worked (for a couple of hours) until I put the ink cartridges.

One part broken the whole stop working: I never loved all in one in HiFi (music) because of fear of that: if one have a all-in-one block, if the PA crashed, you could not use your AKG headset to hear music from the Tuner / K7, LP, whatever because you have to send the whole to repair… I forgot that part with time.

Thanks Bill and Emile.

I will just have to dump it.

Lennox

Sadly printers and multifunction devices, along with most small electronics & appliances, have become so cheap they’re effectively disposable

The Gilette model : cheap shaver, expensive blades…

Actually, modern printers are more like the Bic shaver model : disposable.

Seems to be a self-destructive principle…

  1. Now I get the option to choose a different company
  2. If there was a fix I would continue buying their toner cartridges.

They lose both ways.

I just bought an HP 6835 to replace an Epson 6800(?) … so far it works great… much faster than the Epson was by far and it was not expensive at all

The cost of printers is cheap today… the toner/ink is where they make all their money.
I switched my HP printers out for Brother MFC (Multi-Function units) and the printers were relatively cheap and their toner isnt too bad. Lot better than HP’s prices.
My newest printer is Wireless Printer/Scanner/Copier that works with both Windows and Mac seamlessly…