geek love, or omg it wurx!
it was geek love from the start.
almost 10 years ago, we got this huge, huge printer ... an hp laserjet 6p. it was a total workhorse! it survived printing out all the revisions of several manuscripts, tonnes of journal articles we wrote, several books that we were writing at the time. i LOVED that printer!
... and then, right around the whole y2k scare,
.............................. it died.
right at the same time six of my favourite code bits blew out. (wouldn't you just figure i'd burn out the 5.25 drive at the same time so i couldn't reload the bits???) and right at the same time that i lost a couple software packages to y2k.
i couldn't figure out how to get the workhorse working again, and the techie that examined it sighed and said it couldn't be resurrected ... that it would cost tooooooo much to replace the dead part. (about $300 more than it would cost to just get a new printer.)
i got mad and retired it.
so it got shuffled off into the closet of puter parts that i dunno what to do with, and it sat there. patiently. i kind of felt as though it was glaring reproachfully at me every time i had to dig through the puter closet for schtuff
anyway, about a week ago, i was digging through the closet for some old 5.25 disks (we were playing around with this external 5.25 / 3.5 dual drive bit a friend dropped off for me) ... and there it was. the workhorse. poor baby. still out to pasture.
or was it
i went surfing around online, and spent a couple hours digging through this MOUNTAIN of software and installation cds ... yeah, i keep all those too ... and decided what the heck ... why not? what have i got to lose?
okay, so it works. in fact, the resolution is amazing for toner that i thought would have fused solid by now, yanno? its going to need a new part though. the fuser assembly is kind of dead (yeah it's my fault ... it sort of went into meltdown when i was rushing out camera ready copies of this 8,000 page manuscript).
heyyyyyy ... the fuser assembly is $150 (parts and labour). and i still even have a brand new so cherry it's never been unsealed toner cartridge for the workhorse, too.
so, its off to the puter doc for an overhaul, i think. yeah, i know i could fixxor it myself but i would rather send it off for a complete physical, yanno?
besides ... i love my new konica minolta 2400W colour laser
heh
... and then, right around the whole y2k scare,
.............................. it died.
right at the same time six of my favourite code bits blew out. (wouldn't you just figure i'd burn out the 5.25 drive at the same time so i couldn't reload the bits???) and right at the same time that i lost a couple software packages to y2k.
i couldn't figure out how to get the workhorse working again, and the techie that examined it sighed and said it couldn't be resurrected ... that it would cost tooooooo much to replace the dead part. (about $300 more than it would cost to just get a new printer.)
i got mad and retired it.
so it got shuffled off into the closet of puter parts that i dunno what to do with, and it sat there. patiently. i kind of felt as though it was glaring reproachfully at me every time i had to dig through the puter closet for schtuff
anyway, about a week ago, i was digging through the closet for some old 5.25 disks (we were playing around with this external 5.25 / 3.5 dual drive bit a friend dropped off for me) ... and there it was. the workhorse. poor baby. still out to pasture.
or was it
i went surfing around online, and spent a couple hours digging through this MOUNTAIN of software and installation cds ... yeah, i keep all those too ... and decided what the heck ... why not? what have i got to lose?
okay, so it works. in fact, the resolution is amazing for toner that i thought would have fused solid by now, yanno? its going to need a new part though. the fuser assembly is kind of dead (yeah it's my fault ... it sort of went into meltdown when i was rushing out camera ready copies of this 8,000 page manuscript).
heyyyyyy ... the fuser assembly is $150 (parts and labour). and i still even have a brand new so cherry it's never been unsealed toner cartridge for the workhorse, too.
so, its off to the puter doc for an overhaul, i think. yeah, i know i could fixxor it myself but i would rather send it off for a complete physical, yanno?
besides ... i love my new konica minolta 2400W colour laser
heh
Buddhist Rant posted at 7:01 PM
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