A Windows XP help forum. PCbanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » PCbanter forum » Windows 10 » Windows 10 Help Forum
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Annoying printers



 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old September 30th 18, 05:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!
Ads
  #2  
Old September 30th 18, 06:26 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Big Al[_5_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,588
Default Annoying printers

On 09/30/2018 12:41 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell
them to?Â* They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of
copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour
ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed
a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five
minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for
ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the
cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!


You bought a Canon printer right? [g]

  #3  
Old September 30th 18, 06:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:17:22 +0100, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 30/09/2018 17:41, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell
them to?


Because they all have their own mind and can do whatever they want to
do. Usage of printers is diminishing by the day because there is no
need to print things these days.


You actually believe in the paperless society? It doesn't exist.

It's like our resident thief by the name of Johnson or Chris or
WhetherMan who can steal any applications they want but corporations can
only sue them if they can find them; They can't hire a hitman to finish
them off once and for all.

The "MeToo" movement is destroying good powerful man because they can do
whatever they want; This woman called Christine Blasey Ford made
millions by accusing somebody who may or may not have done anything to
her. She claims to be a professor but with a voice like that, I doubt
if her students can learn anything from her. she is a bore as far as
I'm concerned. she was a good actor I'll have to say that but terrible
voice for an actor.


You seem to have wondered off to something nothing to do with printing.
  #4  
Old September 30th 18, 06:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:22:11 +0100, KenW wrote:

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:41:40 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!


cheep = cheep


But it's not a complicated device.
  #5  
Old September 30th 18, 06:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:22:58 +0100, KenW wrote:

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:41:40 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!


oh ! user error


How is any of that user error?
  #6  
Old September 30th 18, 06:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:26:46 +0100, Big Al wrote:

On 09/30/2018 12:41 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell
them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of
copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour
ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed
a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five
minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for
ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the
cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!


You bought a Canon printer right? [g]


No, I avoid them almost as much as HP. It's an Epson.
  #7  
Old September 30th 18, 06:40 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Big Al[_5_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,588
Default Annoying printers

On 09/30/2018 01:35 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:26:46 +0100, Big Al wrote:

On 09/30/2018 12:41 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell
them to?Â* They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of
copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour
ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed
a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five
minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for
ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the
cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!


You bought a Canon printer right?Â* [g]


No, I avoid them almost as much as HP.Â* It's an Epson.

Well my Canon does pretty much the same thing.
Turn it on and print and it takes 3 minutes to print page 1. Page 2 is
seconds, etc.
Not sure about the black and white and the use of color inks.
Pretty sure my driver, or the user interface, remembers settings. I do
know the one I'm interested in, duplex, is usually always set.

I get the XL tanks and they seem to have a good amount of ink. But
they're inkjets, and consumer products, they aren't meant for high
production.

Al
  #8  
Old September 30th 18, 06:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
nospam
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,718
Default Annoying printers

In article , Jimmy Wilkinson
Knife wrote:

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them
to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies,
they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a
black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of
paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink
cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing
god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and
forth for no reason before they get to work!


oh ! user error


How is any of that user error?


because it doesn't happen to just about everyone else.

settings are saved between jobs, ink use is whatever the user chooses,
there is no delay in printing, and paper jams are *very* rare, usually
the fault of improperly loading the tray.
  #9  
Old September 30th 18, 06:45 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Sjouke Burry[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 275
Default Annoying printers

On 30-9-2018 19:35, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:22:58 +0100, KenW wrote:

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:41:40 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!


oh ! user error


How is any of that user error?

He/she bought it didn't he/she?

Buying almost any laser printer is the better choice.
  #10  
Old September 30th 18, 06:50 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
nospam
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,718
Default Annoying printers

In article , Sjouke Burry
wrote:


Buying almost any laser printer is the better choice.


not necessarily. for photos, it's a much worse choice.
  #11  
Old September 30th 18, 06:57 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:45:33 +0100, Sjouke Burry wrote:

On 30-9-2018 19:35, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:22:58 +0100, KenW wrote:

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:41:40 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!

oh ! user error


How is any of that user error?

He/she bought it didn't he/she?

Buying almost any laser printer is the better choice.


Like they misbehave less....
  #12  
Old September 30th 18, 06:58 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:45:33 +0100, Sjouke Burry wrote:

On 30-9-2018 19:35, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:22:58 +0100, KenW wrote:

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:41:40 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!

oh ! user error


How is any of that user error?

He/she bought it didn't he/she?

Buying almost any laser printer is the better choice.


When a toner costs as much as a whole inkjet, no way. Then you have fuser, drum, .....
  #13  
Old September 30th 18, 07:00 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:41:29 +0100, nospam wrote:

In article , Jimmy Wilkinson
Knife wrote:

Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell them
to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of copies,
they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour ink for a
black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed a piece of
paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five minutes, the ink
cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for ten minutes doing
god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the cartridge back and
forth for no reason before they get to work!

oh ! user error


How is any of that user error?


because it doesn't happen to just about everyone else.


I don't know anyone who hasn't been annoyed 50% of the time they use their printer.

settings are saved between jobs,


Well they try to. Then you get stupid things like 100 copies of document x means you must want 100 copies of document y.

And cancelling a job is almost impossible, you have to turn off the printer, tell the computer to cancel it, then for some reason wait 5 minutes?!

ink use is whatever the user chooses,


Really? So I can just insert a sensible sized tank into my inkjet can I?

there is no delay in printing, and paper jams are *very* rare, usually
the fault of improperly loading the tray.


All printers are **** at loading paper, mind you it's pretty hard to pick up one sheet with your fingers without licking them.
  #14  
Old September 30th 18, 07:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:40:32 +0100, Big Al wrote:

On 09/30/2018 01:35 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:26:46 +0100, Big Al wrote:

On 09/30/2018 12:41 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell
them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of
copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour
ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed
a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five
minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for
ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the
cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!

You bought a Canon printer right? [g]


No, I avoid them almost as much as HP. It's an Epson.

Well my Canon does pretty much the same thing.
Turn it on and print and it takes 3 minutes to print page 1. Page 2 is
seconds, etc.
Not sure about the black and white and the use of color inks.
Pretty sure my driver, or the user interface, remembers settings. I do
know the one I'm interested in, duplex, is usually always set.

I get the XL tanks and they seem to have a good amount of ink. But
they're inkjets, and consumer products, they aren't meant for high
production.


I had to retrofit mine with a continuous ink system. I'm not printing 1000s of sheets, just 30 at a time. 13ml in a cartridge? WTF?
  #15  
Old September 30th 18, 07:04 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 269
Default Annoying printers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:40:32 +0100, Big Al wrote:

On 09/30/2018 01:35 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:26:46 +0100, Big Al wrote:

On 09/30/2018 12:41 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why is it, that in the 21st century, printers never do what you tell
them to? They forget you want landscape, they forget the number of
copies, they refuse to cancel a job you've sent, they try to use colour
ink for a black and white image and take 5 times longer, they can't feed
a piece of paper without jamming it, the nozzles clog up every five
minutes, the ink cartridges are stupidly small, and they **** about for
ten minutes doing god knows what, spinning the roller and moving the
cartridge back and forth for no reason before they get to work!

You bought a Canon printer right? [g]


No, I avoid them almost as much as HP. It's an Epson.

Well my Canon does pretty much the same thing.
Turn it on and print and it takes 3 minutes to print page 1. Page 2 is
seconds, etc.
Not sure about the black and white and the use of color inks.
Pretty sure my driver, or the user interface, remembers settings. I do
know the one I'm interested in, duplex, is usually always set.

I get the XL tanks and they seem to have a good amount of ink. But
they're inkjets, and consumer products, they aren't meant for high
production.


I forgot to mention the ****ing annoying animations they insist on putting into dialog boxes. I don't need a cartoon to tell me paper is going into the printer, I can ****ing see it for myself! Another thing mine does is warn me with a dialog box that the printer is "not ready to print" - i.e. I've turned it off as I'm finished with it!
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off






All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:34 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 PCbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.