October 11, 2006
Why I Hate My Printer…
…Let me count the ways.
First, there is the way it goes through toner cartridges in the blink of an eye. It can barely print one full MS without drying up, but when you look at the little gage that tells you how much toner is left, it reads as though there’s still close to one third . Then there is the way these toner cartridges cost 50 bucks a pop to replace. When one goes through them quickly, as I tend to do, it can become quite pricey. Then there is the way that it jams at the drop of a hat. If I look at the stupid thing wrong, it jams. Then there is the way that the fax never works properly if I try to send more than three pages at once. And if I want to receive a fax, forget it. It’s not going to happen. Then there is the sad truth that I paid 400 bucks for this piece of crap four years ago, but I’ve seen it advertised for a little more than 100 this year. (Interestingly, only about twenty dollars more than it costs to replace the color and black toners at the same time.)
For all of these reasons, and so many more, if I ever sell a book, I swear I’m going to invest in a decent printer. An HP laser jet. It will not print color, it will not fax, or print photos or do anything else except print perfect pages of text. Ahhh, dare to dream.
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LAME!!!!!!! Don’t you have inkjet filling stations there??? We have them in the malls here in Utah. Fills your ink jet for 9 bucks!
Hang in there!
Katherine
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send me the model # - I know everything and I’ll be your pusher.
October 11th, 2006 at 4:01 amLAME!!!!!!! Don’t you have inkjet filling stations there??? We have them in the malls here in Utah. Fills your ink jet for 9 bucks!
I’m insanely jealous right now. I don’t know about filling stations, but you can buy kits. Unfortunately, our model can’t be refilled, apparently. I learned this when a friend tried to hook me up with some friend of hers who sells refurbished toners and sadly mine can not be refurbished.
October 11th, 2006 at 10:51 am