Printer Toner Cartridge Restrictions

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11-10-2010, 02:00 PM
JetBlueAirwaysFan

Printer Toner Cartridge Restrictions

I didn't see anything on here, but I thought I would pass along the immediate ban of printer toner cartridges in carry-on and checked baggage. Too bad, I was going to bring 20 of them to Florida with me in January so I could sell them :tongue:
11-10-2010, 02:43 PM
moose135

Terrorist! :rolleyes:
11-10-2010, 04:03 PM
JetBlueAirwaysFan

Oh man, you caught me! :wink:
11-10-2010, 05:34 PM
Matt Molnar

Extremely dumb. I thought TSA X-rays were able to detect explosives hidden in anything? The bad guys will simply find one of a billion other things to conceal explosives in.
11-10-2010, 06:09 PM
cancidas

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Originally Posted by GothamSpotter

Extremely dumb. I thought TSA X-rays were able to detect explosives hidden in anything? The bad guys will simply find one of a billion other things to conceal explosives in.

basically... pretty soon they'll ban pax as well since explosives can even be hidden inside the human body. [/sarcasm]
11-10-2010, 08:04 PM
gonzalu

Who says the scan all cargo on cargo planes? Isn;t the problem similar to shipping containers? And BTW, maybe Nick L can tell us... is that tent / hangar on the end of 31L beginning of 13R some sort of X-Ray / Scanner for planes? looks very interesting. I see it has some sort of equipment in the ceiling.
11-10-2010, 08:42 PM
emshighway

:rolleyes:
11-10-2010, 08:43 PM
emshighway

"If it weren't for the passengers this would be a great job" :wink:
11-10-2010, 08:44 PM
Matt Molnar

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonzalu

is that tent / hangar on the end of 31L beginning of 13R some sort of X-Ray / Scanner for planes? looks very interesting. I see it has some sort of equipment in the ceiling.

It's for de-icing.
11-10-2010, 08:50 PM
gonzalu

Ahh! "Never Mind" :wink:
11-10-2010, 11:45 PM
emshighway

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Originally Posted by GothamSpotter

Extremely dumb. I thought TSA X-rays were able to detect explosives hidden in anything? The bad guys will simply find one of a billion other things to conceal explosives in.

X-Rays just show what is there. It is the operator that detects explosives. The CTX Baggage screeners have computer analytics for assisting in detection and newer X-Rays have the analytics also.

There were chuckles when this Security Directive came out as we imagined someone dragging a copy machine through the queue into the checkpoint. The amount of toner cartridges people are going to travel with is minuscule but there have been some.
11-12-2010, 01:31 PM
Matt Molnar

Quote:

Originally Posted by emshighway

The amount of toner cartridges people are going to travel with is minuscule but there have been some.

I would think a lot of folks heading to/from trade shows would bring printers and cartridges, but many probably ship them separately.
11-12-2010, 03:57 PM
emshighway

I said "I feel bad for the HP Sales Rep."
11-12-2010, 03:59 PM
emshighway

Love how the ads generator on this page picked up the printer cartridge reference and is posting ads for cartridges.