There are many ways of disposing used computers. The more ecological way is to to dispose of it safely in a dedicated area in your local dump. Some supermarkets have dedicated areas to leave your electrical waste as well.
Looks like Best Buy has a nationwide recycling program. They will take old computers if you remove the hard drive first. Some items they will charge a $10 fee to accept, but they give you a $10 Best Buy gift card in return.
Manufacturers and retailers offer several options for donating or recycling old computers.Old computers can be disposed of by donating them to the many recycling places.
Why dispose your old computer then dispose your new computer? Every city has a day where you can drop off your electronic junk
If the computer is very old then it may expect the printer to be on a parallel port. Most modern printers do not have facility for a parallel connections anymore. It may not be possible to connect the printer to the old computer. Further if the computer is very old the printer manufacturer may not provide a print driver for the old operating system.
Call any of your local computer repair business. They will know what to do with it,
It is not safe, When you thow away a computer, it sends harmful radioactive beams
The printer driver resides on the computer. It is the software that tells the computer how to talk to the printer.
scarp recyclers or electronics recyclers will give a little bit of money for it. some computer shops will also take old computers
Quick and temporary: If the Printer box shows the name of your old printer, click to show all printers. Highlight the name of your new one. If that puts the new printer as the active one, go ahead and print. Permanent solution: Bring up System Preferences, select Print or Printer. When you have both the old and the new printer names on view and you see a plus and a minus sign below them, highlight the OLD printer and hit the minus sign. That should remove it from your computer.
You can probably find some ink cartridges on eBay and Amazon for your specific printer. If your printer is too old, it might be best to just get a new computer.
Someone can attach a network printer to a standalone computer by using a USB connection. Using a cord to attach the printer to the computer, then installing the printer software, someone can then use the printer from the computer.
Printer will not print from computer if: 1. The printer is not connected to computer 2. The printer Driver is not installed on the computer 3. The printer Driver is not compatible with the Operating System on your computer There are a whole lot of other possibilities please be specific with the problem scenario the printer is connected to the computer but when I go into my computer and go to add or remove it shows that it is locked out
Take them to Ohio Computer Recycling 2899 Morse Road, Columbus, OH - (614) 478-0808
It is known as a local printer, as opposed to a network printer, which is a printer connected to a network.