Does Your Printer Have A High Tank?
A what?
Yeah, that's what I said.
First, I was surprised to find a salesperson in the electronics store who had a clue as to what the problem was with our one-year-and-two-weeks-old printer (one year warranty- of course). Why does it add nice blue lines to everything it prints? Why, the high tank is full! Of course.
I'm just guessing, but I THINK that means the extra ink generated by printing is gathered into a little tank to keep it off the paper- until the tank is full, and overflows. The solution is to get a serviceman to install a new high tank, at a cost about 1000 yen below the purchase price of a new unit.
Of course.
The salesperson WAS surprised at the timing of the event."That's fast- do you do a lot of printing?" So, Epson engineers seem to have sized the tank for about 2 years of normal household use. Convenient. For them.
It's just planned obsolescence. Nothing new. I mean, it was being discussed when I was a primary schooler, which IS a long time ago. Still, I find it hard to get used to an economic system that utilizes our best engineering brains to insure that expensive equipment, production of which requires the consumption of valuable resources, will fail catastrophically a week after the warranty expires.
Now, behold yours truly riding a John Deere Model M. We are one year apart in age (the tractor being the senior). Sure, it has been restored twice, but it has a lot more years left in it than the driver.
Maybe we should get John Deere to make printers.
Not Put Out To Pasture Yet
Yeah, that's what I said.
First, I was surprised to find a salesperson in the electronics store who had a clue as to what the problem was with our one-year-and-two-weeks-old printer (one year warranty- of course). Why does it add nice blue lines to everything it prints? Why, the high tank is full! Of course.
I'm just guessing, but I THINK that means the extra ink generated by printing is gathered into a little tank to keep it off the paper- until the tank is full, and overflows. The solution is to get a serviceman to install a new high tank, at a cost about 1000 yen below the purchase price of a new unit.
Of course.
The salesperson WAS surprised at the timing of the event."That's fast- do you do a lot of printing?" So, Epson engineers seem to have sized the tank for about 2 years of normal household use. Convenient. For them.
It's just planned obsolescence. Nothing new. I mean, it was being discussed when I was a primary schooler, which IS a long time ago. Still, I find it hard to get used to an economic system that utilizes our best engineering brains to insure that expensive equipment, production of which requires the consumption of valuable resources, will fail catastrophically a week after the warranty expires.
Now, behold yours truly riding a John Deere Model M. We are one year apart in age (the tractor being the senior). Sure, it has been restored twice, but it has a lot more years left in it than the driver.
Maybe we should get John Deere to make printers.
Not Put Out To Pasture Yet
posted by John Elliot | 10:36 PM
3 Comments:
Dad, we need to build an Elliot house in Ontario to keep the tractors and rifles in.
You are right; storage is going to be a serious problem, and I believe there may be others closer to the scene who are eyeing the objects in question. We COULD bring the M over here (I don't care much for the B- it's not family), but the firearms....I'm sure Jun would be happy, but I don't know about the rest of the Japanese police force.
am i ever glad you posted this entry... otherwise, i would have had no idea what was wrong with my printer!!! i ve only had it for a year, i guess i print more than the average household too!!!
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