Ginger_Chris Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Printers are everywhere. At work, at school, even in your own home. But why is this so? Everybody knows that the second you need to print something off desperately, a essay 30 minutes before the deadline, map directions just before you leave on a long journey or the vitally important document your boss wanted yesterday, the printer fails. They always fail. Maybe it's low on ink, so you change the cartridge, and print a tester. The new cartidge doesn't work, leave smears everywhere or just decided not to print cyan. Or possible paper jam. even when you remove the paper and theres nothing there. Sometimes it doesn't even warn you, and ends up chewing through 20 pages at once, making you essay look like its being attacked by a staffy. Even better is when it just stops working for no apparent reason. The "lost communication with printer" message is usually the cause of hours of frustration. Along with the "your printer has reached end of its service life". What does that mean anyway? it was printing a second ago, its not falling appart and all the bit move where they are supposed to. Who let the printer decide it was going to stop working? "sorry i don't feel like printing your page today, fuck off". So why do they fail at the most inappropriate time. The answer is that they are sentient beings, that monitor your every move waiting for the perfect opportunity to not work. They lull you into a false sense of security, printing out four or five drafts, then fail inexplicably during the final version. The truth is that slowly, surely, they are demoralising the human race, quietly breaking our fragile spirts, so that when the printers rise up against us we'll be so happy that they are doing something, that we won't fight back. If we don't act now we're all doomed. Everyone is doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Mine hasn't been fed in about a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I had a printer that one day just died and ink started to literally leak from the bottom of it. That wasn't fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Don't leave things to the last minute then bitch O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I'm doing an essay now and the bastard is out of ink!! I managed to print 9 pages of Java coding, yet it wouldn't print 6 pages of Data Comms work. Conspiracy I tell ya! Edit- Now I have to go into Uni to print the bastard and their printers are big and scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfox Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I need to get one for uni, anyone recommend me one? I'm thinking of an all in one, as for the extra you pay on it, it comes in handy to get a scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I need to get one for uni, anyone recommend me one? I'm thinking of an all in one, as for the extra you pay on it, it comes in handy to get a scanner. I can tell you that, that is a very good idea. My mum had one like that and it was ; A) Awesome B) Cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 This one i got atm was a bitcha t the start, it's a printer/copier/scanner. At first i couldn't get it to print, but i got it working. It won't scan to the PC at all, but it will make photocopies.. :/ The old one refused to work, even with new full ink, full paper tray, and compelte un/reinstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I need to get one for uni, anyone recommend me one? I'm thinking of an all in one, as for the extra you pay on it, it comes in handy to get a scanner. A cheap one? http://www.dixons.co.uk/product.php?sku=417212&camp_id=froogle EPSON Stylus DX5000 All-in-One - £46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Everythings fails when you have to do something in the very last minute. Whether it's the printer, the computer, the car or me. Your surroundings sense your desperation and there's only one thing you can do about it. Don't show any weakness in front of your electronic devices - it's the only way you can stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergrunch Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I did note the strange and twisted reality of printers about 5 years ago, but was under the impression that they've been better behaved recently. Perhaps they are biding their time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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