Printer Toner Cartridge Restrictions

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

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:

[moose135]

Terrorist! :rolleyes:

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

Oh man, you caught me! :wink:

[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.

[cancidas]

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]

[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.

[emshighway]

:rolleyes:

[emshighway]

"If it weren't for the passengers this would be a great job" :wink:

[Matt Molnar]

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.

[gonzalu]

Ahh! "Never Mind" :wink:

[emshighway]

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.

[Matt Molnar]

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.

[emshighway]

I said "I feel bad for the HP Sales Rep."

[emshighway]

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