Depends what sort of printer you have. I have a sh1tty brother Laser that would go in the bin if it broke. I have a stock pile of 3 toner carts that I paid £25 each for from staples from the sale bin.
I'd pay a dirty toner-covered monkey to fix it if the printer was worth more than 500 quid.
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I agreeOriginally posted by PaddyDon’t even bother to change cartridges as they are more expensive than the printers
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Originally posted by MordacSurely no-one fixes printers any more. When they break, just buy a new one. You can probably buy a new one for less than the cost of a new cartridge these days. I'd start getting retrained if I were you.
Don’t even bother to change cartridges as they are more expensive than the printers
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PMSL !I suppose if your backward enough to be working in a dot-matrix office
No concept of the real business world then, where there are countless Goods Out Departments using multi-part paper on Dot Matrix printer for shipping notes.
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Meh, if a printer like that gets broken round here, we get some contract helpdesk lackey / hardware chimp to sort it out. We can't care less how, problems such as a broken printers are beneath us lofty consultants!!!
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No I meant. If you worked in an office. Printers and servers dont just get replaced. They get repaired with parts.Originally posted by MordacI'm not a printer break-fix monkey, if that's what you mean.
I suppose if your backward enough to be working in a dot-matrix office then your probably right.
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I'm not a printer break-fix monkey, if that's what you mean.Originally posted by unixmercIt is obvious you do not work in an IT environment then.
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Unixmerc is Andyw and I claim my 5 half-crownsOriginally posted by unixmercIt is obvious you do not work in an IT environment then.
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It is obvious you do not work in an IT environment then.Originally posted by MordacSurely no-one fixes printers any more. When they break, just buy a new one. You can probably buy a new one for less than the cost of a new cartridge these days. I'd start getting retrained if I were you.
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Originally posted by sasguruHi Andyw. How's things? Still supporting "printer issues" I see.
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Spongebob, Unixmerc and Mailman I imagine.Originally posted by PondlifeI can't believe people actaully voted on this.
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