HP printer Lesson for the day

Ha! Doing the same routine myself today. Must be national HP failure day.

Its hard to find just a printer, anymore. They all have scanners and faxes attached. My Cannon has eight card slots, too.

-- Maplewood, MN

I have had my HPII-P+ for over 10 years now and I got it used.

I would way that I got my money’s worth.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Dennis, at least you were willing to tag this as humor. That’s a positive way to look at. Maybe its your printer is celebrating a holiday? Just too bad it had to go out and get smashed….

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

I have fond memories of the time I drove a forklift over an HP fax. Good times!

-- What exactly is "The Move" and who are you calling a "Quirky Jerk"? -- http://www.north40custom.com

Maybe a bigger hammer will help? j/k Good thing printers are disposable these days, eh?

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

Dennis,

Sometimes it feels good to let it out and pound on some inanimate object. The alternatives to inaninimate objects are not great.

Dalec

Was this pounded with a hickory handled mallet or is there a more preferred type of wooden handle or tool? Was splintering of the printer much of a problem and what type of glue would you guys recommend?
Sorry guys…....there’s no hope for me ;o)

-- -If you love wood, cut wood, sand wood....it really doesn't matter how it turns out; you've got Dust4brains!

I bought a cheep hp multi-function last year for christmas. it came up with an error that there was something wrong with the print cartridge. I replaced the cartridge and it still wouldn’t work. Ended up buying an even cheap multi-function Lexmark. Works for now. Thinking we must be in a throw-away society.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

I posted a blog earlier about a HP Color Laser Printer. I paid $299.00 at Sam’s club and it came with a full set of toner cartridges.

Replacement toner is $325.00 So throw out the printer and get a new one for 299.00 or just replace the toner for 325.00

Is this a throw-away society or what. So I bought 2 of them. I haven’‘t plugged #2 in yet at all.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

This printer has been a pain from day one….It is just one of the many thinks created just to irritate me. Another is my razor cell phone. I just want a good quality phone. How did I end up with one that echos and sounds like I’m having all my conversations with the PA system in a train station. I didn’t pay for the cheap one, but sure wish I had.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

You’ve noticed that on the razor also huh.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

We just had a “new” 2.5 year old upright freeze go belly up (it wasn’t a cheap freezer either). Had a repair person look at it, it turns out the coil system is not designed to be opened or cleared. It is too costly to have someone try to clear it, because clearing one obstruction does not guarantee that it is the only obstruction. The cost of labor is such that it is not practical to fix the freezer. It may end up costing more to fix it than to just buy a new freezer. We have decided not to replace the freezer. To top all this off, we will have to pay to get rid of the freezer, because it contains hazardous waste.

So it appears we are in the throw-away society.

Sorry Dennis about going off in the “throw-away society” thing.

Dalec

Try finding a place that can actually repair a TV, or anything electronic.

Even if you do they just replace things until it works, and costs more then a new one.
Throw away!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

in this day where we preach “save the environment” and we have all this disposable products that shouldn’t be!!

So buyer has the power… but before I use my power, I’m buying a new printer and throwing out my old one because it is cheaper to buy a new printer than buy new ink cartridges

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

A little advice from the Arlo and Janis comic strip.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Good advice Russel!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Printers – ya got to love ‘em.
I had an old HP for several years. Never a moments trouble. Time passed, it got old. I needed to get new ink cartridges and it was hanging up at times so I’d get the thing cleaned.
Long story short – it was cheaper to get a new printer than to buy black and color cartridges and a cleaning.
In this age of designed obsolesence and unbelievable minimum labor fees just to “diagnose” problems its often easier and cheaper to replace things than to maintain them.
Guess its one more reason I love wood!

-- CaptnA - "When someone hurts you, write it in the sand so the winds of forgiveness will scatter the memory... "

I’m starting to see a pattern ...

I bought my wife a Tassimo coffee machine last year for christmas.

It worked great, made really good coffee.

We collected a large collection of the coffee and tea “pods” for the machine.

You guessed it.

It quit working.

We had such a big collection or coffee and tea we bought another one right away !

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Looking at the economics, as it’s been said, it is cheaper to toss a piece of equipment than to fix it. So to be Green, you have to have a lot of green ($’s).

Dalec

Gee, I just found my HP Color laser printer for $249.00 The toner replacement is $349.00. So I can save $100.00 by trashing the printer. Why buy the extended warranty.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Karson, It comes down to simple economics, unfortunately. What I have suspected all along is that they would give the printers away, as long as they have us on the hook to buy their printer cartidges/toner. That is where the profit is!

Dalec

Dennis, you are doing it wrong. You shake HP’s.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Thats where I got mixed up. I got to get the shake down program.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

I agree the money is in consumables. And make them unique so the clone marker is driven out. Saying you cannot guarantee the quality of the print if official HP products are not used.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Dennis, I hope your new printer gives you no grief and works as it should.

My good thoughts are with you.

Dalec

This spring I bought a new Epson all in one, for less than the price of an HP color cartridge.

Besides all of the recycling centers need to keep busy.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Ditto on buying a new printer for less than the cost of ink, I’ve done it before myself. Crazy.

Dennnis – I’d suggest taking the printer outside and hosing it out real good, it’s amazing the dust and grime that gets in these things. A garden hose usually works but if it’s being really stubborn I’d suggest opening every panel on the printer, strapping it to your hood and running it through the car wash…

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA