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bloody computers
bloody computers
hello chaps, for once our computer is working but i think our 11 year old printer is having a crisis & wants to retire... i really need one for work so in stead of being on my wish list its on my to buy list.. id like a wifi one that can scan negatives do photo copies & last 10 years with cheap ink..
all suggestions & insults are always welcome
all suggestions & insults are always welcome
Re: bloody computers
All printers are as unreliable as each other but HP are quickest at sending out replacements for their clumped up heads and stripped nylon gears. Forget ink, use champagne because it's cheaper per gallon.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: bloody computers
our (checks make) hp printer works ok but every now & again it grabs all the paper & recently its started lighting up like a chrismas tree then refuses to do anything for half an hour.. id like wifi so i could put it out of the kids reach
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From a business point of view, I always buy HP. You pay a little bit more but they supply all spare parts. I have no difficulty sourcing components for 10 year old machines.
Buy the best you can afford, WIFI is more grief than it's worth but if you must, you must.
I'd suggest laser as in the long run they are cheaper
and don't buy a combination unit. it means when the printer breaks you have to throw a perfectly good scanner in the bin.
Buy the best you can afford, WIFI is more grief than it's worth but if you must, you must.
I'd suggest laser as in the long run they are cheaper
and don't buy a combination unit. it means when the printer breaks you have to throw a perfectly good scanner in the bin.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: bloody computers
I'd agree about "combined" machines, though I suppose they are much better than they used to be (when they had relatively low resolution etc).
However, in a domestic environment, I would never buy a laser again! I had two Samsung colour lasers and both failed (just out of warranty). I actually asked about getting the second repaired and it was a £70 bill before they did anything! Mind you, I don't do a lot of printing so they spent most of their time switched off and I suspect it was repeatedly switching on and off that was part of the problem. I still have the old mono Brother, but that puts lovely grey stripes on the paper, the first laser, a Canon didn't last much over a year either!
OTOH, I have used Canon colour printers for donkey's years and am currently using a four year old one that prints on both sides of the paper (handy for the "Order of Service" sheets for Ma's funeral). It uses most of its ink on powering up and was less than having the last laser checked out!! It's my third Canon: the first was a BJC 600 which I bought when they first came out in 1993/4 (for about £400 if memory serves). It lasted for ages and did a lot of work (I was about to start my final year at Uni when I bought it) before it started pulling paper through at an angle. It was replaced by the Canon laser and, not long afterwards I bought a second Canon BJ that did well until I put non-Canon cartridges in! One thing I do like about Canons is the fact that you just replace the ink - not the whole head and running costs were the lowest for an ink-jet using genuine ink.
Neither machine has connections for networks (wired or wireless), but I have printer servers that will work them through the USB. They are quite cheap on eBay and, IIRC, you can password protect them, though I have them set so they don't start automatically, so you could "hide" the startup file from the kids to stop them using vast amounts of paper!
I use a cheap Canon scanner (occasionally) for copying and the combo seemed good enough to keep the legal eagles happy when I was sorting Ma's estate! OK. it's slow and clunky, but it worked and was cheap!
However, in a domestic environment, I would never buy a laser again! I had two Samsung colour lasers and both failed (just out of warranty). I actually asked about getting the second repaired and it was a £70 bill before they did anything! Mind you, I don't do a lot of printing so they spent most of their time switched off and I suspect it was repeatedly switching on and off that was part of the problem. I still have the old mono Brother, but that puts lovely grey stripes on the paper, the first laser, a Canon didn't last much over a year either!
OTOH, I have used Canon colour printers for donkey's years and am currently using a four year old one that prints on both sides of the paper (handy for the "Order of Service" sheets for Ma's funeral). It uses most of its ink on powering up and was less than having the last laser checked out!! It's my third Canon: the first was a BJC 600 which I bought when they first came out in 1993/4 (for about £400 if memory serves). It lasted for ages and did a lot of work (I was about to start my final year at Uni when I bought it) before it started pulling paper through at an angle. It was replaced by the Canon laser and, not long afterwards I bought a second Canon BJ that did well until I put non-Canon cartridges in! One thing I do like about Canons is the fact that you just replace the ink - not the whole head and running costs were the lowest for an ink-jet using genuine ink.
Neither machine has connections for networks (wired or wireless), but I have printer servers that will work them through the USB. They are quite cheap on eBay and, IIRC, you can password protect them, though I have them set so they don't start automatically, so you could "hide" the startup file from the kids to stop them using vast amounts of paper!
I use a cheap Canon scanner (occasionally) for copying and the combo seemed good enough to keep the legal eagles happy when I was sorting Ma's estate! OK. it's slow and clunky, but it worked and was cheap!
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I have an HP laser (3350N) which must be 10 years old now. It's done about 300,000 pages and other than consumables it's been bomb proof reliable. It was bought as bankrupt stock for £100 so was really cheap too. The only down side is it's about 1m square.
Likewise my scanner is an HP 5200. I rescued it from a skip (literally) and that has only needed a clean.
If you want to be a cheapskate just ask friends who work in offices. You would be surprised how much stuff gets chucked just because it's 3 years old.
I buy Canon photocopiers but wouldn't touch their domestic equipment as I've had so many bad experiences with it over the last 15 years.
Everyone has their preference.
Likewise my scanner is an HP 5200. I rescued it from a skip (literally) and that has only needed a clean.
If you want to be a cheapskate just ask friends who work in offices. You would be surprised how much stuff gets chucked just because it's 3 years old.
I buy Canon photocopiers but wouldn't touch their domestic equipment as I've had so many bad experiences with it over the last 15 years.
Everyone has their preference.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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I love the title of this thread. Can't get my head around technology, I'm absolutely useless at it. My wife bought me a smart phone for a Christmas present. It was too smart for me, I hadn't the heart to tell her I couldn't even work out how to text on it, so I bought a cheapie phone on pay as you go, texted a message to my smart phone, then retexted the message from the smart phone to my wife. It was three months before I paid someone silly money to set the thing up to some sort of cloud thingy. At least I can text on it now. About the only I-technology that I can use is an I-ron.
There's a website somewhere that lists all the items in today's cars that older cars don't have. The one that resonated with me was the onboard computer. Defined as: EMS, it states: "You are the electronic management system." Well that's a relief. My car is bereft of about 120 items of equipment/must haves/gizmos that today's cars have. The journalist concluded that it was no big deal. At least I can be reassured that there are 120 things that can't go wrong. Quite.
There's a website somewhere that lists all the items in today's cars that older cars don't have. The one that resonated with me was the onboard computer. Defined as: EMS, it states: "You are the electronic management system." Well that's a relief. My car is bereft of about 120 items of equipment/must haves/gizmos that today's cars have. The journalist concluded that it was no big deal. At least I can be reassured that there are 120 things that can't go wrong. Quite.
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its ok mate we have group therapy sessions once a month....found out the problem with the printer... i had plugged it in the wrong hole
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rich. wrote:
Eeeeewww! J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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we have a cooling fan thing underneath the computer there is an extension plug thing there...