I just spent fifteen minutes fucking around with my printer.(And not in a good way, either.)*
I never use the damn thing.
I can't recall the last time I printed anything, but I need some documents for work. So I fire the old beast up, (that's it, pictured on the right) and it proceeds to tell me it's out of Black ink.
Fine.
I go to get the ink cartridge refilled at one of those discount filler places, and it turns out they weren't able to do it. So I get a generic cartridge at the office supply store. I get home and put it in, and then for some reason the whole thing freezes up. It slows my whole computer down. I un-install and reinstall the printer, and even when I'm doing that it's a bit funky. (Everything else on the computer is okay and running at lightning speed.)
Finally, by the grace of God, I get it installed.
Now it tells me it's out of Color ink.
I just about put it through the wall.
Piece of shit. (I'll deal with it tomorrow.)
Later.
*Is there a good way to fuck around with a printer? I don't think so, but I'm sure that somewhere out there there is a guy with a printer fetish. And probably pictures too, if you looked hard enough. Ewwww....
There are three houses in CR and two in Vic who can actually use Each Other's printers, and it's something I should set up.
ReplyDeletePrinter not working? Call up Galerno and just use theirs; pick it up in a few minutes.
I don't know why Staples isn't hooked up on the Cable system to share their printer queue -- pre-pay, sign in, print 1-1Million copies on a range of lame to cool printers, and go pick it up later. Printing flyers or lost-dog notices? Don't do it on that Lexmark craptastic 2000. Print those vacation shots from home, pick it up when you're next grabbing a Mondo Burrito. Takes about an hour to set up, using tech that's been around for about 15 years.