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I am retiring my HP Envy 5660 All in one printer, scanner, copier.  Prior to taking this to an electronic recycling facility, I would like to know if it has any internal memory chip.  I recall at work that techs would always wipe these clean prior to recycling printers as during the printing or scanning process, sensitive information would be saved on a storage device prior to printing or after scanning.  All I need to know is whether I need to take the printer apart and look for and properly dispose of any device which has sensitive information stored on it.  This does NOT relate to external memory that can be plugged into the device.

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No data is stored in the memory of the printer, you are fine to recycle. Some high-end printers store some data but it's encrypted.




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No data is stored in the memory of the printer, you are fine to recycle. Some high-end printers store some data but it's encrypted.




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