Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to
inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual
printer, that is, not the cartridges -- they know how to
take your money :-D).
I still have an Epson Stylus PHOTO/RX500 here. It's a
pretty good printer as I recall but I haven't put any new
cartidges in it for years. It's just too expensive.
If I can't view something on the web or save a local copy
as PDF or so, I just live without it.
My inkjet printer has started power cycling every 10 minutes. I hear it beep, then the paper tray roller spins to engage the paper, then it
makes some crunking noises, then goes quiet. For the next 10 minutes.
I'm going to fix it with a ball-peen hammer if this keeps up.
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not the cartridges -- they know how to take your money :-D).
I still have an Epson Stylus PHOTO/RX500 here. It's a pretty good
printer as I recall but I haven't put any new cartidges in it for years. It's just too expensive.
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to
inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual
printer, that is, not the cartridges -- they know how to
take your money :-D).
I still have an Epson Stylus PHOTO/RX500 here. It's a
pretty good printer as I recall but I haven't put any new
cartidges in it for years. It's just too expensive.
If I can't view something on the web or save a local copy
as PDF or so, I just live without it.
My inkjet printer has started power cycling every 10 minutes. I hear it beep, then the paper tray roller spins to engage the paper, then it makes some crunking noises, then goes quiet. For the next 10 minutes.
I'm going to fix it with a ball-peen hammer if this keeps up.
... Simply a matter of work
Hello poindexter FORTRAN!
Oh, what a nice subject line -- If I could count the number of times I saw t message on old HP LaserJet 4s... :-D
On 02 Aug 2021, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
My inkjet printer has started power cycling every 10 minutes. I hear it beep, then the paper tray roller spins to engage the paper, then it makes some crunking noises, then goes quiet. For the next 10 minutes.
I'm going to fix it with a ball-peen hammer if this keeps up.
:-O
Speaking of crunking noises... My old HP DeskJet 540 that I had once upon a time sometimes (more and more often) made a *terrible* noise when feeding pa so that one literally jumped off one's chair... Something with the cogs I think. (But actually a very nice printer otherwise.)
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not the cartridges - they know how to take your money :-D).
"WARMING UP"
Best regards
Zip
Speaking of crunking noises... My old HP DeskJet 540 that I had once
upon a time sometimes (more and more often) made a *terrible* noise when feeding paper so that one literally jumped off one's chair... Something with the cogs I think. (But actually a very nice printer otherwise.)
half of it burns*. Now, if it confered me the power of getting an Engineering job better than selling bars of soap online, the Degree
would actually rock.
* Too bad there were no girls at that party. As things stand, I became
the hero for a bunch of beer soaked IT dudes, which is better than nothing, but still suboptimal.
I don't think I am going back to inkjets anymore. If you do anything beyond trivial printing, the ink costs add up so badly that by the end
of the year you could buy a laser printer for the price of all the ink
you purchase.
One day I was doing something on my computer that I wanted to print, so
I sent the job and as expected the printer sprang to life and started printing, as soon as it did my Mom let out a scream and jumped out of
the chair.
Oh, what a nice subject line -- If I could count the number of times I saw that message on old HP LaserJet 4s... :-D
- A wide Fujitsu DL...something 24-pin dot matrix printer. I don't remember what happened to this one. I remember that I once printed the manpage of "AfterStep" and the manuals of CrossPoint (XP) and CrossSecretary (a tool for XP) on it. It was placed on a small table
which began shaking when the printer was printing :)
- LaserJet IIID which I've added a TokenRing print server to. :)
- LaserJet 5M. A great machine, built like a tank :) I've maxed it out with a second paper feeder, memory, (ethernet) print server ... :)
And it understood PostScript :)
- Lexmark X736de. It also has a print server, but is a "all-in-one"
device with a scanner (incl. paper feeder). The scanner part will send PDFs as emails or puts them on a FTP server :)
And the print server even still understands IPX and can be connected to
my NetWare server :)
Ah, yes -- my inkjet actually rocks the table quite badly if I don't put it in "quiet" mode (which I have done, to keep the table/dresser from falling apart). :-D
Never had the chance of experimenting with Token Ring but heard it was pretty nice...
Yes, those were very nice -- we had a bunch of those at the university
where I studied. Although in my experience the duplex units had a habit of double-feeding paper a little now and then. Might have been the paper, or humidity, of course...
- Lexmark X736de. It also has a print server, but is a "all-in-one"
device with a scanner (incl. paper feeder). The scanner part will send ac>> PDFs as emails or puts them on a FTP server :)
That's nice! My MFP (a Canon MAXIFY Business MB5150) can e-mail or store scans and faxes as PDFs on an SMB share -- although they only implement SMBv1. :-O
And the print server even still understands IPX and can be connected to ac>> my NetWare server :)
That's an added bonus. :)
I guess SMB would also be possible here. The Lexmark can also handle faxes, but I only use it for sending faxes, but not very often :)
For receiving faxes, my DSL router (AVM FritzBox) has one phone number configured and the faxes get sent to me as PDFs via email.
Yep :) It was quite nice to get a Windows 98 printer test page which was printed in a VM which was connected to my NetWare server via IPX which
in turn sent the printout via IPX to the printer :)
Zip wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets
again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not
the cartridges -- they know how to take your money :-D).
I want to keep this printer around, because a) it was free, and b) I can buy a 4-pack of ink (CYMB + a big pigment ink tank for black and white) for around $11 on Amazon.
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not the cartridges -- they know how to take your money :-D).
I don't think I am going back to inkjets anymore. If you do anything beyond trivial printing, the ink costs add up so badly that by the end
of the year you could buy a laser printer for the price of all the ink
you purchase.
I don't think I am going back to inkjets anymore. If you do anything beyond trivial printing, the ink costs add up so badly that by the end of the year you could buy a laser printer for the price of all the ink you purchase.
And if you _do_ trivial printing, the cartridges are bad or empty by the tim you use them again.
I'm not really sure on the use case for ink jet printers, other than, "give 'em the first taste for cheap, and after that they're hooked.".
Something I have observed in my store is that consumers will most often take suboptimal order choices if the upfront costs are smaller. They'd
rather buy a small flask of cream that costs 1 buck and lasts a week
than a big one that costs 4 and lasts 2 months. And they will do even if
rather buy a small flask of cream that costs 1 buck and lasts a week than a big one that costs 4 and lasts 2 months. And they will do even i
That one does seem odd to me, unless that 3 EUR is a hardship, or they actively like the smaller version, for some reason.
And you're talking about a cream you'd apply topically, rather than somethin you'd ingest, correct? Or, more what I'm getting at, that something will be just at good at 2 months.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^And you're talking about a cream you'd apply topically, [...]
Exactly, I am talking about goods with no expiration date.
The salesmen from the labs completely agree with my
appreciation. They sell much more of the small stuff than
the big, cost-efficient versions, withdifferences meassured
in orders of magniture in sale numbers.
The salesmen from the labs completely agree with my appreciation. They sell much more of the small stuff than the big, cost-efficient versions, with differences meassured in orders of magniture in sale numbers.
Maybe it is a Spanish thing and we are just stupid :-)
Maybe people are using the stuff at much less frequent
intervals than the typical expected usage, or using less of the
product per application than you would expect?
For receiving faxes, my DSL router (AVM FritzBox) has one phone number ac>> configured and the faxes get sent to me as PDFs via email.
Hmm, is that a built-in feature of the FritzBox or have you loaded some custom firmware into it? Sounds nice!
Yep :) It was quite nice to get a Windows 98 printer test page which was ac>> printed in a VM which was connected to my NetWare server via IPX which ac>> in turn sent the printout via IPX to the printer :)
Ahh, the daisy-chains of communication. :)
No, that's a standard option. You have to assign a phone number to it
and enter an email address where the faxes have to go. That's it, basically. It's similar to adding an 'answering machine'.
Hello Anna!
On 13 Aug 2021, acn said the following...
No, that's a standard option. You have to assign a phone number to
it and enter an email address where the faxes have to go. That's
it, basically. It's similar to adding an 'answering machine'.
That's nice! And user-friendly. (Aren't the Fritz! appliances among the most popular in Germany and its surroundings? I see they have routers, wireless extenders, DECT phones and more...)
contract. Best thing is the support. AVM usually fix security relevant bugs not only for the recent product line, but for old devices too.
Btw, there was a time when you could receive Voice, Data (BBS) and Fax calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder why we do
calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder why we do have phone numbers at all. It's SIP anyway.
Btw, there was a time when you could receive Voice, Data (BBS) and Fax calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder why we do
Yes, ISDN was ahead of its time... Very nice technology. Although I never had it here.
Btw, there was a time when you could receive Voice, Data (BBS) and
Fax calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder
why we do
Yes, ISDN was ahead of its time... Very nice technology. Although I
never had it here.
ISDN was hiddeously expensive here.. Telescum (Telecom Australia, Govt
run) was more interested in selling phone lines than data to residents. There was a couple of places I worked that had ISDN from site to site
which was nice. They didn't do anything with it at all until after
ADSL/DSL became a thing and by then it was obsolete.
No, that's a standard option. You have to assign a phone number to it
and enter an email address where the faxes have to go. That's it,
basically. It's similar to adding an 'answering machine'.
That's nice! And user-friendly. (Aren't the Fritz! appliances among the
most popular in Germany and its surroundings? I see they have routers, wireless extenders, DECT phones and more...)
I believe they are THE most used and popular broadband / Wifi / VoIP
routers in Germany. If you buy them new they are way too expensive, but
most broadband providers give you one for free (or cheap) with a new contract.
Best thing is the support. AVM usually fix security relevant bugs
not only for the recent product line, but for old devices too.
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