Today, a breakthrough at work
September 5th 2008 08:35
The printer we’ve had since before I arrived on the scene is a great lumpy thing that takes minutes to load itself up when it’s about to print, although it copes with straight black text fairly well once it's actually going.
But add in colour, and it’s like the end of the world has come: it has to grind and heave and rumble inside before it’ll produce anything. This is in part because it has four cylinders (three colour, one black) and each of these has got to come into play before anything with colour can be produced.
I’m told by the IT guy who looks after our computer gear and such, that it’s an outmoded approach to colour printing. We can only agree.
Today we had to print – at the last minute – a number of longish documents, in which there were some colour pictures. Of course the printer decided it would go on virtual strike, and page after page got stuck in the back of the machine, so that we had to open the E flap and clear the page. After umpteen interruptions like this – while trying to get other stuff done – I gave it a whack at one point and nearly picked it up and through it out the window. (Rather to the surprise of my boss: I’m normally mild in the office.)
I went home soon afterwards, and sent an apology on my mobile, saying I was sorry I’d lost my cool. In the meantime, my number one and two bosses had decided that they’d had enough of the machine too, and next week we go out and look for a printer that works!
This is the same sort of good news as if someone had told me I’d just won a prize consisting of several European cruises.
But add in colour, and it’s like the end of the world has come: it has to grind and heave and rumble inside before it’ll produce anything. This is in part because it has four cylinders (three colour, one black) and each of these has got to come into play before anything with colour can be produced.
I’m told by the IT guy who looks after our computer gear and such, that it’s an outmoded approach to colour printing. We can only agree.
Today we had to print – at the last minute – a number of longish documents, in which there were some colour pictures. Of course the printer decided it would go on virtual strike, and page after page got stuck in the back of the machine, so that we had to open the E flap and clear the page. After umpteen interruptions like this – while trying to get other stuff done – I gave it a whack at one point and nearly picked it up and through it out the window. (Rather to the surprise of my boss: I’m normally mild in the office.)
I went home soon afterwards, and sent an apology on my mobile, saying I was sorry I’d lost my cool. In the meantime, my number one and two bosses had decided that they’d had enough of the machine too, and next week we go out and look for a printer that works!
This is the same sort of good news as if someone had told me I’d just won a prize consisting of several European cruises.
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Comment by TimmyH
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Comment by Mike Crowl
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Thanks for your comment, TimmyH - I might not have put it quite like that, but the sentiment is the same!