The Printer

The printer was a problem. I had purchased new ink when the low ink notice came up, and I assumed that would be that. However, my printer seemed to have a mind of its own and it continued to give me the low ink notice.

Now we all know what a pain this ink and printer business is, and the fact that they could give away the printers just so we will buy ink. My old office color laser cost $224 to buy and the new ink was $700! I only did that once and threw away the printer the next time.

I have at home a Canon MX320, it came free with my daughters Mac when she bought it and she didn’t want to take it to McGill, as they had access to printers and she didn’t need this giant boat anchor with her. I like it because it has a scanner and works as a copier as well.

I was quite surprised when the sign came up, and I tried reinstalling the ink to no avail.

My daughter and my wife have both complained and I knew it was still working so I paid no attention.

This morning my wife informed me the ink was out and I was getting to the boiling point. I decided that if I couldn’t fix it, I would buy a new printer rather than get another bad cartridge from Staples.

I came downstairs and checked the color cartridge to feel the weight, and compared it with the black ink which was the culprit, and the color was much heavier. I didn’t understand this one unless the drying out of the ink made it lighter. I said out loud to no one in particular,” I know I bought new ink”, and I pointed to the box with the ink sitting right in front of me at eye level, next to the office phone.

The light bulb over my head went off at this point, because if the box with the ink is sitting in front of me, it’s not in the printer! I was correct, I had purchased the new ink, I just failed to open the box and install the cartridge!