Is an Imagerunner 5000 worth fixing?

[bblakley]

The Church I go to has an Imagerunner 5000 that still works. They do not have a service contract and the last time it was serviced they said it needs developer and a new drum. Being that that would cost over $1000 to repair, we are considering replacing it. Is it worth fixing? Worked pretty good up till this.

Any advice would be great.

 

[EdwardB]

how old is it, impressions, etc? I'm guessing being a church, it probably has a lot of miles.

 

[bblakley]

Imagerunner 5000

Imagerunner 5000

Purchased in 2006 used. 1,106,408 on the counter

how old is it, impressions, etc? I'm guessing being a church, it probably has a lot of miles.

 

[msaeger]

What are they going to print on it? Maybe the 1000 dollars would be better spent on a new device depending on how much they need to print.

 

[EdwardB]

1.1M isnt' a ton of impressions, but without a service contract of any kind any printer will be stupid expensive to repair/maintain. I have to agree, that kind of money would probably be best spent on something newer/better.

 

[bblakley]

So if I was going to Craigslist it, is it worth anything to anybody? I hate to see it just junked.
They still make parts for them, right?

 

[Craig]

Junk it. That thing has to be 10 years old. We used to have one, not worth saving or selling. Probably get more for the frame at the scrap yard.

 

[EdwardB]

yeah, someone with one *might* want it for parts... scrap yard is hard too, as with all the electronics they won't take it unless it was stripped to the frame. I would just put up a "*FREE* you come get" listing on Craigslist

 

[bblakley]

I wanted to throw out there as legacy information that sees that there ARE people who will purchase these and they refurbish and sell overseas! I had thrown this out there for $200 and got many people who wanted it fairly instantaneously. I feel I could have easily asked $500 for this with the response I got. So don't underestimate too much.