Circa 2007, I bought an HP Photosmart C4180 all-in-one
printer-scanner-copier, mainly for use with my Toshiba laptop. It only saw light use and quit printing about
three years back. The analytics showed
plenty of ink in the cartridges and never kicked out an error message; cleaning
the print heads made no difference so I was not certain what was wrong. Except for scanning old photos, the printer sat
fallow in my basement “office” for quite some time.
My need for a working printer spiked recently when I decided
to fight my property tax assessment. I
was faced with buying a new printer if I could not restore the old HP to
working order. Today I decided to
resolve the issue by first seeing if I could get the old printer to connect
with my fairly new MacBook Pro.
Heh! As soon as I hooked it up,
the Mac asked if I wanted to download the necessary software and I answered
“Heck yes!” A few minutes later, I could
scan photos and documents but the printer still refused to print. On an act of faith, I shopped a couple of
local stores for the best price on both the black and color ink
cartridges. Yikes! Combined, they cost about half of what I originally
paid for the old printer and around one-third of what I would pay for a new
printer. Being a bit of a cheapskate, I
took the gamble; once installed in the old printer these new cartridges would
be non-refundable. Voila! The new cartridges did the trick and I can now
proceed unhindered.
4 comments:
Good for you. I had the opposite experience - after investing the ridiculous amount in replacement ink cartridges, my printer still refused to print. So I bought a new one. It's a nice printer, but the ink is ridiculously expensive.
Toyota wanted $1700 to replace a dashboard when my SUV only needed a $130 speed sensor to correct all problemos. Glad my mailman is an honest and ace mechanic on the side...
Good for you and I hope you are victorious in your legal wranglings. There is no civility in the civil law...
I got tired of replacing the dried out color cartridge on my inkjet every 8 months or so. I printed so little in color that it would dry out, and then the printer wouldn't function. Drove me nuts. I finally bought the cheapest (black only) laser printer I could find. Its awesome. Yes the cartridge costs more each, but I'm not spending useless money on a cartridge I never use...
But I bet your really wanted to try the "get a bigger hammer" approach.
I have gone the route of Ruth. What do I need color for anyway. Color is like Trix, for kids.
Grace and peace.
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