Mr. T-blog sent me a poem (Thanks!). It was inspired by the loss of TWO printers in a span of only two months. I can relate to the magnitude of this disaster. Apologies to Walt Whitman.
O Printer! my Printer! our fearful trip is done,
The laserjet has weather’d every rack, the PPM we sought is won,
The USB port is near, the drum roller I hear, the users all expletiving,
While follow eyes the DPI, the copy jam grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of ink,
Where on the desk my Printer lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
My Printer does not answer, his papertrays are pale and still,
My HP does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The laserjet is recycled safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From Staples trip the victor ship comes in with replacement won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Watch the desk my Printer lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
-Mr T-blog
2 comments:
For something we've been using for so many decades, they have only gotten more complicated, overly sensitive to the whims of ion particles on another continent, and totally unreliable in a crisis.
I blame engineers who just can't leave well enough alone.👍
It's a laser printer. Where did the "bleeding drops of ink" come from? In my experience, if you get a bad laser printer, the problem shows up right away. All the rest are good. I'm still using an HP Laserjet 5MP with a Centronix-to-USB adapter. The printer was made thirty years ago; in computer years it's from the time when warships were made of wood. I bought it used when it was already old. It has a few quirks but, you know, memorize the workaround and it's like an old friend who always shows up and helps you move. You press Print, and wakes up and prints. I have a Brother laser printer that I feel the same way about. Nobody I know with an /inkjet/ printer can count on smooth sailing when they approach it for action, and ink is insanely expensive. Refill toner and remade toner cartridges, by comparison, are practically free.
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