About what I said in that last post about loving technology–yeah, scratch that. I hate technology. I hate printers. I’ve been having it out with my printer here at work for the last hour (to my boss, should you ever read this, yes, I’m blogging at work, but I promise this will in turn increase my productivity by improving my mental health. It’s my little release…so please don’t fire me). I thought we were friends, good ol’ printer and me, but it has become painfully clear this morning that we are NOT friends. I’ve been so good to him (him? her? hmm…based on how difficult the thing is being, I’ll go with “him”). I keep fresh ink cartridges in him, I never let him run out of paper, he even has his own little table just for him to sit on and print happily. And how does he repay me? By suddenly and vindictively refusing to print what I need. First he doesn’t print at all, and he blinks a little light at me to let me know he needs more yellow. We all need more yellow in our lives sometimes, so I obliged. Brand new yellow cartridge, and in it went (without any thank you, I might add). Then he does his little thing, makes his little noises like he’s going to print the document I had asked him to print. But it was all just a show. Just a tease. He starts blinking the “I need yellow” light again. I just gave you brand NEW yellow! You can’t POSSIBLY need more yellow! (I’m becoming slightly miffed at this point, if you haven’t already gathered that.)
Power OFF. Deep breath, count to ten, power ON. Initiate HP troubleshooter. Answer lots of stupid questions. Troubleshooter recommends I turn the printer off and back on again. Great. I sure am glad HP has provided me with such incredibly useful advice. But whatever, so I try powering off and back on again. And wouldn’t you know, it starts printing! Hooray! Until I realize that the devious little guy is just printing a page of random symbols with lots of tiny hearts and smiley faces. It’s like he’s toying with me. Ahhh!!! POWER OFF!!!! More deep breaths. Slowly power back on… After lots of readjusting and noise from the inside of the printer, it decides to start rapidly ejecting page after page of blank white paper, occasionally throwing in a page with a heart, smiley face, @ sign, or other random symbol. POWER FORCEFULLY OFF!!!!
Give up. Call ITC. *sigh*
So how’s your morning been?
UPDATE, 1:30 p.m.: IT guy comes. Turns printer off then back on again (like I haven’t tried that already…). Printer prints perfectly. If it ended there, I would be extremely mad. But fortunately, I convinced the IT guy to stay long enough for him to see the printer’s bizarre behavior. He was convinced. His advice? Try ordering a new yellow ink cartridge, and if that doesn’t work, then I don’t know what’s wrong. Gee, thanks. So I am still currently sans-printer. The printer better be glad I know how to control my anger or he would already be smashed to smithereens (how often do you get to use THAT word?) by now.
Well, sometimes printers have a mind of their own. I guess thats not a good way to start your morning but if it gets fixed then tomorrow will be awesome:)
i miss you friend. esp. you’re dramatics!
here at my job when i’m away the printers don’t work, well at least if you want to print envelopes!
hope you are doing well
guess who is going to a church next week in alabama in view of a call for the youth pastor position!?!?!
Jennie–see update.
Marianne–I miss you too! And I’m guessing Brent? And where in Alabama?
Just pool an Office Space on it! I’ll bring my bat!
If it is the same printer as when I was there- you can turn your WHOLE computer off and the printer followed by turning your computer back on which should make the printer turn itself back on (if not, turn it on after you computer reboots.) HOPEFULLY, that will work- that is what the ITC guys and I figured out shortly after returning to campus after Katrina- just be glad you don’t have to use Dr. O’s “extra” printer that he once had (not sure if he still has it) because it really has a mind of its own!! Good luck with the printer.
Oh yeah, I am glad to hear that apparently the table FINALLY came in and printer doesn’t have to sit on my pile of cardboard boxes that I “temporarily” had it on. HA!
Nothing about this post suprises me except for the fact that you have a table to put the printer on. That printer is crazy sometimes. I know that all three girls that I worked with in your position had the same issue with that printer and I think the advice was the same all three times!
Judging by what I’m hearing from people more experienced that me (aka Stephanie and Jacque), I’m going to assume that it’s time for a new printer. Now I just need to figure out how to get ITC to confirm my suspicion…
Diana, you are very fortunate to have two friends like Stephanie and Jacque to happily and confidently tell you that your printer is, in fact, crazy! ;)
Here is how you approach Dr. O about a new printer…”Dr. O, My printer isn’t working correctly and hasn’t been for some time. Stephanie and Jacque (make sure you throw our names in (Travis and I think it will help- mainly because we think so highly of ourselves- HA!) agree that I need a new printer and that you should authorize me to order it.
Then, once he agrees (because he will if you throw mine and Jacque’s name in) you pick yourself out a new printer and have Dr. O email Dr. Watts and tell her what printer you want. That is how I ordered the scanner that is 100000000 times better than the old one- I at least spared you THAT headache!! You don’t need ITCs approval to order a new scanner since it comes out of ProDoc funds. :) Keep us updated!!!!
“I love technology,
But not as much as you might think.
But I still love technology,
Always and forever!”