Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!woody From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: LZR 1260 Drums Summary: The fuse Message-ID: <1685@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Date: 9 Nov 90 00:42:17 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: a guest of Unicom Systems Development, Austin Lines: 24 In article , kindred@telesci.telesci.UUCP (David L Kindred (Dave)) writes: > A note to other LZR 1260 users: > > > Is there a company that recycles the Drum Assembly? It seems like far > too much hardware to toss in a landfill. It it a selinium drum, or an OPC (steely blue gray metalic or plastic looking surface?) > > Has anyone figured out how to override the Drum Expiration "feature"? > If it is anything like the Kyocera drum, there is a "fuse" in the assembly. I'm not sure whether it is a counter, or just what it is. I'd like to tear one apart and see. It might be something like one of the Dallas Semiconductor e2rom parts. In any case, it probably causes a contact to short together, or else breaks a contact. either way, it should be possible to jumper around it. One would have to sacrifice a spent drum unit, and take some time, but I am certain it can be done. I'd take a crack at it if I had a drum. I hate companies trying to impose limits on people. Especially if it is just to generate revenue. Cheers Woody