Trash or Treasure?
2013-08-07 17:15
electronics
Some weeks ago I found a Canon Pixma MP510 on the street. A "Photo All-in-One with economical single inks that prints, copies or scans in colour". Someone had thrown it away regarding it as a piece of junk. I saw a pile of gold.
Taking it apart I got...
- four nice motors: two stepper and two DC motors
- a 33x25 cm piece of glass
- boxed and reusable 220V power supply
- a small LCD colour display
- a scanner head
- some LEDs
- five infrared sensors (paper sensors)
- lots of screws and springs
- wire and cog belts
- some switch buttons
- two USB jacks
- various other components



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