time for a new printer
Aug. 2nd, 2007 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioIt's a new millenium; I can upgrade hardware.
My mostly-trusty HP LaserJet 5L has fussed at me one too many times. (It's ok; it's a senior citizen. I think I bought it in 1993.) Every now and then it decides it doesn't want to correctly feed paper; sometimes it just wants different paper or a dusting-out, and sometimes it wants a more thorough cleaning. I've done all the usual things this time short of breaking out the screwdrivers. It's been a good printer, but new ones are $100 and there's a lot to be said for lower hassle levels. I wonder if I know anyone who places the time/money balance-point in a different place, or who likes playing with hardware. It's not dead, just cranky.
I took today off to deal with assorted errands before leaving for Pennsic tomorrow morning. One of those errands was printing some stuff to take to Pennsic -- hence this post. So since I was home anyway, I ran over to Best Buy to pick up a new one. For old-times' sake, I got a modern HP LaserJet. Time to first print (from when I left the house) was just over an hour, which is pretty good.
(Reminder to self: I didn't have a spare USB cable after all, so right now the printer is hijacking the scanner cable. I should fix that after Pennsic.)
My mostly-trusty HP LaserJet 5L has fussed at me one too many times. (It's ok; it's a senior citizen. I think I bought it in 1993.) Every now and then it decides it doesn't want to correctly feed paper; sometimes it just wants different paper or a dusting-out, and sometimes it wants a more thorough cleaning. I've done all the usual things this time short of breaking out the screwdrivers. It's been a good printer, but new ones are $100 and there's a lot to be said for lower hassle levels. I wonder if I know anyone who places the time/money balance-point in a different place, or who likes playing with hardware. It's not dead, just cranky.
I took today off to deal with assorted errands before leaving for Pennsic tomorrow morning. One of those errands was printing some stuff to take to Pennsic -- hence this post. So since I was home anyway, I ran over to Best Buy to pick up a new one. For old-times' sake, I got a modern HP LaserJet. Time to first print (from when I left the house) was just over an hour, which is pretty good.
(Reminder to self: I didn't have a spare USB cable after all, so right now the printer is hijacking the scanner cable. I should fix that after Pennsic.)
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Date: 2007-08-03 01:14 am (UTC)Funny to think how expensive that 4L was back then. I think it may have even been close to $700. Then again, the Packard Bell it was hooked up to was probably close to $2,000.
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Date: 2007-08-03 02:50 am (UTC)I paid around $400 for my 5L, I think. Sounds like I got mine a little later than you got yours, so maybe my memory of 1993 is off. (1993 is when I got my first home computer (as opposed to terminal or Xterm). I started with a crappy Epson inkjet printer which I evicted in short order, but maybe I went without a decent printer for a while? Dunno.)