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From: dorayme on 3 Jul 2010 21:36
In article <postings-32103E.10275904072010(a)news.bigpond.com>,
David <postings(a)REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com>
wrote:

> In article <dorayme-E37AC6.15192702072010(a)news.albasani.net>,
> dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > My printer seems lonely, not sure what to do? It keeps wanting to
> > interact with me, it thinks of things to say and requires my
> > attention constantly? Do I know it is low in ink? Press OK if so.
> > Do I want a printout of the status of the ink, press yes if so,
> > no otherwise. It seems happy if I say no and shuts up, so it
> > isn't trying to sell me anything. I am frightened of what it
> > might next ask. I don't feel any particular way about it, if you
> > know what I mean.
> >
> > I just think it craves attention (how different it is from me).
> > Should I get out other printers I have in crates and boxes and
> > put them on the desk next to it for company? Will it be happy
> > then? The other printers are of a different generation, will this
> > be a problem? One old printer, an Apple laser is very terse, it
> > just prints and in quality but is of few words, will its
> > grandfatherly presence be sufficient for the lonely new printer?
> >
> > Or will I put other printers there as well? Will it look down on
> > the old fashioned and not very classy Apple stylewriter printers,
> > will there be friction, arrogance (it prints ten times better and
> > might know it)?
> >
> > Is there a better usenet group for this problem?
>
> Well if you dont do something soon for that poor little lonely thing you
> are going to be reported to the RSPCA (Royal Society for Printer Care
> and Advancement)

You are right, it is like a bored puppy. This is what it did to a
pair of glasses accidentally left on top of the A4 stack on it:

<http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/justPics/printedGlasses.jpg>

They cost $600 to make. Now I will have to sell the print to get
another pair.

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dorayme
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 4 Jul 2010 08:18

dorayme wrote:
> David <postings(a)REMOVE......com> wrote:
>> dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>> My printer seems lonely, not sure what to do? It keeps wanting to
>>> interact with me, it thinks of things to say and requires my
>>> attention constantly? Do I know it is low in ink? Press OK if so.
>>> Do I want a printout of the status of the ink, press yes if so,
>>> no otherwise. It seems happy if I say no and shuts up, so it
>>> isn't trying to sell me anything. I am frightened of what it
>>> might next ask. I don't feel any particular way about it, if you
>>> know what I mean.
>>>
>>> I just think it craves attention (how different it is from me).
>>> Should I get out other printers I have in crates and boxes and
>>> put them on the desk next to it for company? Will it be happy
>>> then? The other printers are of a different generation, will this
>>> be a problem? One old printer, an Apple laser is very terse, it
>>> just prints and in quality but is of few words, will its
>>> grandfatherly presence be sufficient for the lonely new printer?
>>>
>>> Or will I put other printers there as well? Will it look down on
>>> the old fashioned and not very classy Apple stylewriter printers,
>>> will there be friction, arrogance (it prints ten times better and
>>> might know it)?
>>>
>>> Is there a better usenet group for this problem?
>> Well if you dont do something soon for that poor little lonely thing you
>> are going to be reported to the RSPCA (Royal Society for Printer Care
>> and Advancement)
>
> You are right, it is like a bored puppy. This is what it did to a
> pair of glasses accidentally left on top of the A4 stack on it:
>
> <http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/justPics/printedGlasses.jpg>
>
> They cost $600 to make. Now I will have to sell the print to get
> another pair.

Good grief! - I don't dare thinking of what then could happen to my
+$1200 glasses...:-( - Hm... maybe I should be more polite to my own
PSC-2117, so it doesn't get any kind of crotchets...:-)

Cheers, Erik Richard

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