The Vent and Rant Thread

[Sparrow]

JR Inkjet are selling something they call CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System).

"It is the means of supplying a continuous flow of ink to the print head of the printer without the need to change cartridges.
Large external ink reservoirs continually supply the cartridges with ink through silicon feed tubes. The cartridges remain in place permanently in the printer. The ink reservoirs are independently separated by colors that can be easily refilled only the empty tank anytime. It works efficiently in almost all brands and model of printers."

Looks like an interesting idea - anyone tried it?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Slite

Thats how they make money, they sell you a nice printer dirt cheap. then you get a heartattack when you go back to buy replacement ink-cartridges.

They usually cost almost as much as a new printer

Unfortunately very true!

One thing I've learned to do with my last couple of printer purchases was to check the ink replacement costs in addition to the reviews/quality of the printer itself.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

JR Inkjet are selling something they call CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System).

"It is the means of supplying a continuous flow of ink to the print head of the printer without the need to change cartridges.
Large external ink reservoirs continually supply the cartridges with ink through silicon feed tubes. The cartridges remain in place permanently in the printer. The ink reservoirs are independently separated by colors that can be easily refilled only the empty tank anytime. It works efficiently in almost all brands and model of printers."

Looks like an interesting idea - anyone tried it?

hm, that does look very interesting. i would be worried though that if you don't use the printer often enough, the print heads will dry out and the whole setup will be ruined. that is usually what kills my printers ; depending on whether the print heads are integrated into the cartridges or not (which is a factor in the cost of the cartridge) sometimes you can salvage them by changing the cartridge (for a price...) but not always. (my last epson which is probably going to be given away for parts is a testimony to that). but for someone who does a lot of printing it looks like a great solution.

Originally Posted by kennyc

Unfortunately very true!

One thing I've learned to do with my last couple of printer purchases was to check the ink replacement costs in addition to the reviews/quality of the printer itself.

the price of the cartridges is now the FIRST thing i check when shopping for a new printer.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Why in 10 shades of Farkington do printer manufacturers make you jump through so many bloody hoops? First, the damn thing is boxed up like its the Ark and you have to go on some Indiana Jones like adventure to get at it. Then every other bastarding lever, pulley, drawer and gate is fixed in place with three layers of eterno-gum tape. Then, then you plug it all in to realise that printer manufacturers don't bother including a usb cable...oh no, that would be too much to give us mere mortals. So you go out and buy a new cable, only to return and have the setup CD tell you repeatedly that "Device Not Recognized" after telling you moments earlier that the "Device Is Recognized".

ARGHHHHHHH!!!!! If I had any hair I'd tear it out. If this stupid thing doesn't start working soon I'll go out and tear someone else's hair out

Well, I could do with a haircut...

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Our printer tells me it's recognized about every five minutes with a fancy slide up popup that eventually fades away via Windows Aero.

<SNIP> :sigh:

The same thing happens with my HP all-in-one. It is so annoying to have the little box pop up to tell me my printer is connected. And it's not like it keeps getting disconnected from the network either. I've decided it's just very needy and likes me to know it's still there waiting (rather impatiently) for me to print something. Since I tend to be a very frugal printer, I can see where it might get frustrated!

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Why? Broke is broke. (I use a Canon MP460, BTW)

RSE ~ Does your printer have a document feeder for book scanning? I've asked for a printer for Christmas that I can use to start scanning in all my old paperbacks (as if I don't have enough hobbies already ) but need to give my husband some idea as to which printer would be best for that purpose.

Originally Posted by Moejoe

It's the Epson BX300F I got it for £60. It has an ADF attachment over the scanner portion which accepts 30 pages at a time, so you just push a button and let it scan those pages in for you It also has Fax, normal copier, and individual ink cartridges which I find cheaper to replace over time. All in all a real bargain.

That's what I like about my HP. There are 5/6 different color cartridges so I only have to replace a single color. I've had the printer for a couple of years now and never had to replace the light blue cartridge. Kind of weird when I think about it.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Well, I could do with a haircut...

All hairy people in my neighborhood are now safe to roam the streets

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

All hairy people in my neighborhood are now safe to roam the streets

i can just hear the yeti breathing a huge sigh of relief !

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i can just hear the yeti breathing a huge sigh of relief !

Bigfoot is relieved as well.

MoeJoe's wrath is quelled.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

It's the Epson BX300F I got it for £60. It has an ADF attachment over the scanner portion which accepts 30 pages at a time, so you just push a button and let it scan those pages in for you It also has Fax, normal copier, and individual ink cartridges which I find cheaper to replace over time. All in all a real bargain.

An interesting gadget attachment - must be difficult to scan an actual boook tho ?!

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

right. i knew it was something like that. thanks dennis.

You're welcome.

dear god, that would drive me INSANE !!! i've only got 3 harddrives connected (one internal sata, 2 external ide) at the moment, but i use the external ones as backup and also daily-accessed storage so if they started blinking on and off i would probably end up throwing something through the window really soon.

It was worse with my previous motherboard. That mobo was an "old one failed, need new one fast/cheap/now go to local Korean clone shop and get one" deal. I should have been in a bit less of a hurry.

It had one IDE port on the motherboard, and two SATA connectors, and one PCI slot. Okay - plug boot drive and CD into onboard IDE port. Plug SATA drive into one of the SATA connectors. Plug a Promise Technology Ultra IDE 133 PCI IDE card in the PCI slot, which provides two more IDE channels with four possible IDE devices, and plug in more drives.

Mobo is weird. In default config, it sees the two SATA drives as IDE devices, and can accept up to four IDE devices total, period. You guessed it - it meant no more than four drives attached, as drives above four would randomly drop off the system. I had it happen to the Ubuntu drive while I was in Ubuntu. Gee, no wonder installation of updates is failing - the file system they are being written to just disappeared... (Ubuntu was doing everything in RAM and actually stayed up. God only knows what Windows would have done on that circumstance.)

I'm carefully about what is connected where, so if drives drop off, they are drives I can live without till I have time to shut down and fiddle.

"oh noes ! it must be a virus !!"

Something like that...
______
Dennis

[Catire]

Frakking Venezuelan Public hospitals, you actually have to take your own siringes, test tubes and your very own doctor to get any treatment!!!!!! (A coworkers brother had to go in today)

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Catire

Frakking Venezuelan Public hospitals, you actually have to take your own siringes, test tubes and your very own doctor to get any treatment!!!!!! (A coworkers brother had to go in today)

Wow! That sounds horrible and fits right in with the "Going Rogue" thread which has devolved into a political debate mostly about health care.

[vivaldirules]

I think someone there has gone rouge, instead.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I think someone there has gone rouge, instead.

I think maybe it's Lack of Doughnuts! Tomorrow is doughnut day here at work!

[kindlekitten]

FARKING unemployment people!!!! my payments should have started 2 weeks ago! day before yesterday I was told by the washington offices that they were waiting for the Naval Reserve to release me from my obligation before they could pay me, and then yesterday I got a letter from the state of california asking to verify if the Air Force was my last employer!!!

what the HELL!!!!???? yes, I was an Army reservist after active duty a long time ago in a galaxy far far away! how can they confuse Army Civilian with a Naval or Air Force Reservist???????: angry: