Specifications
1.Manual_Chap3_Processing.doc Prepared by Resource Management Group, Inc.
6/28/04 Page 9 of 17 941 358-7730
condition, great care must be exercised when handling it. Do not drop it! Monitors are
never disassembled.
When deciding to keep or recycle a monitor several factors come into play. They
can take the form of questions such as the following:
Is the monitor too old to even bother testing it? A monitor outlives its useful life after
about 7-8 years.
• Look on the back of the monitor case for the date it was manufactured.
• If it is older than 7-8 years then it should be targeted for recycling.
• If it is not that old, and, it appears to be working, consider it a candidate for resale
and put it into inventory, possibly to be included with a complete system.
Do you have an overabundance of this type of monitor?
• If the answer to this question is yes, then consider targeting it for recycling. If the
answer is no then put it into inventory for several weeks, maybe even a month, to
see if you are able to add it to a system that has a bad monitor when it comes into
the facility.
• Overabundant or non-working monitors could be disposed of via third party parts
dealers. They will often accept monitors not working, as they will use its parts or
attempt to repair it.
3.33 Large Peripheral Triage
Printer
If it is a dot matrix printer, recycle it.
Printer or Scanner
If it has no cables, check for the proper cable in inventory. If none, recycle.
If donated as part of a system, see if you have proper drivers already.
If not, and an install disk is with it, you may need to install the software from
the disk.
If it is donated alone and there is no software with it, look for drivers online.
No drivers available? Recycle.
FAX, Copier, or UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply)
If it has no power cable, check for the correct ones in inventory and recycle it
if none are found.
3.34 Small Peripheral Triage
For small peripherals, there is no triage, only simple testing. See ‘Small Peripheral
Testing’ below in section 3.4.