On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:44:29 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
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Six miles to the nearest library to find the dowagers that run the
place won't let anyone plug a USB drive into their computers. The

You _could_ put what you want to print - as .pdf files ("print" to .pdf
from whatever, I use pdf995) - online somewhere before you go to the
library, and remove them after you've been. (Inside password-protected
.zip files, if the library has a means to open those.)

Any mileage in that suggestion?
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I'd still say a small mono laser would do you best, though. And/or, if
you really go months between prints and only do a few then: use your
colour inkjet once a week or once a month (whichever turns out to be
necessary to keep it working); set the computer to remind you to do so.
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Most of the kinds of places that have copiers printers etc., are 30
miles from me. AND it isn't too practical if I've got an engineering
project and want a neat paper schematic to work from, to stop what I'm
doing and (only) drive 6 miles or more and drive back That takes
time. Unproductive time. Not conducive to staying focused either. I
have to keep the brain cells on-task and not let them wander.

I see what you mean.

If I'm going to do all that I might just as well dick around with the
cartridge and get it working.

And, this HP printer refuses to print if the color cartridge is having
problems even if I don't want color.

Yes, that's one of the most irritating things. (I see you mention "the
colo]u[r cartridge", which suggests you have one of those models which
has a single colour cartridge: which you have to replace even if only
one of its colours has run out. Another irritant.)
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I'll mess around with the cheap Brother printer when it comes, I can

Oh, have you ordered a mono laser then? I wasn't recommending that
particular one (I was only remembering the model number off the top of
my head, it may not even have been right!): not that there's anything
wrong with it (my friends are happy with it), just I thought you'd look
around!

I suspect the one you mentioned isn't sold any more. I found a
Brother HL-L2300D which is a basic monochrome laser. There's a
Samsung with WIFI that costs less but I hear brother a lot in the
context of printers. Both it and the Samsung have XP drivers.

always get something else if it doesn't do what I want. I may even
have to get my wife something. She has the problem of an operating
system that doesn't have drivers for her old HP printer.

If you do get a wireless laser, you can both use it. My friends do.

I donno about that, her house is ~120 miles from my house. We spend
quality time together but don't live in the same house as a rule.

I need a printer, not too often but I do need one.

Yes, I'm the same.