Epson printers are crap
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Sorry to hijack your thread, but the subject of printer issues is somewhat relevant and it's a true story that happened just a few days ago. When I got to the office Saturday morning, I found that my weekly notes were handwritten, not printed as usual. In the handwritten notes she explained that the printer was down...she stayed late trying to get the daily reports and my notes printed. Could I please fix it? I spent the next hour trying everything I could think of to get the printer and PC talking again...nothing worked. It was the simplest of all printer connections...a usb cable! :wtf: What could be wrong? I swapped USB ports on the PC...nothing...not even a ding...:confused: OK, that's a clue! Even though the other end of the USB cable was plugged in, it was plugged into the RJ-45 jack on the printer! :confused: :wtf: :laugh: I didn't even know that was possible! :laugh: Plugged the cable into the USB port on the printer and voila!... all the test pages I hadn't cancelled came streaming out! :laugh:
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kmoorevs wrote:
all the test pages I hadn't cancelled came streaming out
I had to fix a printer for a friends mother a few weeks ago - simple fix, just press "OK" on the printer - but first I had to cancel the 83 copies of the same document in the print queue ... :sigh:
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Try working in an office with four DECwriters (LA120) which supported the printing needs of a small office building.
It builds character, no? :laugh: Was anyone there approached by the CIA? Being immune to torture would be a plus for that profession. :)
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It builds character, no? :laugh: Was anyone there approached by the CIA? Being immune to torture would be a plus for that profession. :)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
The office was also kept at 50F, the same as the adjoining computer room. I can say no more.
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkThe American solution :laugh: No More Paper Jams - Shooting Printer with 12 Gauge Shotgun Slugs - YouTube[^]
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It builds character, no? :laugh: Was anyone there approached by the CIA? Being immune to torture would be a plus for that profession. :)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
The CIA recruited those who specified the DECwriters for that office, and kept it at 50°F (10°C). Everyone eventually breaks under torture, but torturers who have no empathy for their victims are really hard to find. :)
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkI've had good results with Brother colour laser printers. The previous one lasted about 8-10 years (can't remember exactly), and this one has lasted 2 years, and is still going strong. (I hope I haven't jinxed it, now :omg: )
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkJust an aside - I’m an old-ish fart (~60 y/o) and have been making a conscious effort to reduce or eliminate printing whenever possible. Never really been the tree hugger type but I am fairly frugal and prefer a clean desk. At first, every time I thought about printing something I’d gave it some serious thought… 80% of the time I’d end up not printing and going a different route. Now its a much lower percentage because I almost never think about printing. :doh: I’m not trying to talk anyone out of printing or implying that you don’t need to. Certainly not virtue signaling. Just waxing nostalgic I guess. Again “old fart”…
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkAn anecdote about printer. In a big company, having offices all over the world. A young woman had newly joined this company and was having trouble with printing a document 📄. Seated next to her cube was a young guy who was one year old in this company. This guy wanted to impress her. Though this was the job of the IT folks, this guy spent more half of a working day in configuring her system to get the printout properly. Not sure what both of them filled for their timesheets, though.
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The American solution :laugh: No More Paper Jams - Shooting Printer with 12 Gauge Shotgun Slugs - YouTube[^]
I once had a VCR where I did something like that. In my case I didn't want to spend the ammo, so I used a sledge hammer. Very satisfying, even though I had to sweep the entire garage.
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkA lot of paper handling problems come from the paper characteristics, many times based on how much moisture the paper absorbs from the environment before it's used. Try changing to a higher (or lower) paper weight. If you're being conscientious and using paper that's from recycled sources, you might try non-recycled. The more expensive (naturally) inkjet-specific papers are coated to enhance ink adhesion and control dot gain (drops expand on impact). Most of the inexpensive home printers don't adapt well to a wide variety of substrates. Their paper handling mechanisms are also fragile and wear quickly, which means you replace the printer when a ¢25 rubber wheel wears down. If you only print rarely, laser is a better option.
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An anecdote about printer. In a big company, having offices all over the world. A young woman had newly joined this company and was having trouble with printing a document 📄. Seated next to her cube was a young guy who was one year old in this company. This guy wanted to impress her. Though this was the job of the IT folks, this guy spent more half of a working day in configuring her system to get the printout properly. Not sure what both of them filled for their timesheets, though.
How long have you been together? :laugh:
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How long have you been together? :laugh:
I was in a different department, and this story was on the rounds in our office, as a case study of non-productive time.
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkI needed a printer for general home stuff and the bit of occasional work, went through a load, HP (burnt out!), Xerox just plain died after I printed out my Uni-project (over use?), Cannon didn't like A4 (?) & currently on a laser from Samsung still going but complains about the imaging sensor being life expired bit a Googling turns out its a known issue and shorting two contacts with a 470K resistor resets it. No problem other than that. I think all issues are from converting the digital media to physical.
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I found Epson to be one of the better inkjets, with no feed problems unless you use the really cheap / thin paper - I switched to 90gsm as my standard and never had a problem with jams. What I hated was the half an hour clean / purge / test print / swear cycle I had to go through each time I needed to print, plus the Epson fun and games of cartridge expiry / not recognised. So I threw it to the recycle centre and got a Samsung laser which I plug in, print, and unplug - it works every single time and it prints faster. I think it's cheaper to run as well given how many ink cartridges I binned.
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This is what I ended up doing as well, except I made the mistake of buying an HP laser. Overall, I'm happy with it, just dumb that when you scan it goes to the "cloud" and emails it back to you...
milo-xml wrote:
when you scan it goes to the "cloud" and emails it back to you.
I really wish you weren't kidding ... :doh: Mine no longer has a scanner - the "Documents" setting on my phone does good enough for me. The last scanner / printer was an Epson and it annoyed me because it wouldn't scan unless it had ink in all cartridges. Another :doh: moment.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkI second using more expensive paper. Many, like 30 years ago I had a nice Epson ink-jet (~$500!). After some years of light use, the feeding started to fail. I bought a cleaning kit which included a solvent-like liquid that put back some tackiness/removed glaze from the roller. Things were much improved. However, I doubt your printer is old enough to need this treatment. I literally put the thing in the trash because the cartridges failed so often when I was travelling a lot and there were long periods of non-use. Now I have an HP laser CP1525nw, which is ok except when you have to reestablish a WiFi connection. I recently started using the manual duplex feature and was having many failures. I switched from low-tier paper to Hammermill 20 and 24 # paper, which claims almost 0% jams and it has not had a single failure. With the 24#, when you print a 15 sheet document, you do feel like you're holding an entire tree in your hand. The 20# has worked just as well.
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milo-xml wrote:
when you scan it goes to the "cloud" and emails it back to you.
I really wish you weren't kidding ... :doh: Mine no longer has a scanner - the "Documents" setting on my phone does good enough for me. The last scanner / printer was an Epson and it annoyed me because it wouldn't scan unless it had ink in all cartridges. Another :doh: moment.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
My guess is that rather than have firmware on the printers that checks for copyright infringement and trying to copy money, they check it server side when it goes to the "cloud". I've seen the option to scan documents with my phone, I'll have to give that a shot in the future :)
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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. :mad: If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration. And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing. :mad:
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A Lightweight Thread Safe In-Memory Keyed Generic Cache Collection Service A Dynamic Where Implementation for Entity FrameworkThat is a shame. I have had an ET-2750 for several years and have had very little problems with it. I just had to clean the heads a few times as I don't print that often. I still have half of the original ink.
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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My guess is that rather than have firmware on the printers that checks for copyright infringement and trying to copy money, they check it server side when it goes to the "cloud". I've seen the option to scan documents with my phone, I'll have to give that a shot in the future :)
Nope, all scanner / printers have built in "money detectors" to prevent them working like a photocopier ... Apparently with some models, just trying will deliberately brick them. I found out about this when Herself had a thief at work: I wanted to OCR all the paper currency in her purse so if it went missing we could say "it was these serial numbers" and nick the cow who did it. But you can't scan currency and I wondered why. Google "EURion Constellation" if you are interested - it's pretty simple, but very effective.
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