[Skullfudge]

I bought an Epson printer 11 months ago, and it was one of the better ones because I need to buy a fair one as it's used a lot for work.

3 months from new & an error message "ink pads need replacing, contact your supplier" ??? ...wtf ?

Eventually found a place 8 miles away that could do it. That left me without a printer for 5 days.


3 months later it happened again. Same place, 5 days again before I could collect it.



This morning it happened again. With a calm composure I pulled it forward & unplugged the USB lead. In the same composed manner I unplugged the power lead.

I put it under my arm and slowly walked out the office passing my wife and Son to which I greeted each with a nod & a smile.
Opened the door, took three paces into the yard & launched the f******* thing like a surface to air missile. Pulled out the 2 leads from my pockets and launched them too.




Went back in & done the polite Basil Fawty walk back to the PC, got online & studied all (non Epson) printers for the next 2 hours. Found a Brother printer that ticked all my boxes including scanner, copier and could be set up wireless or USB.
I was going to buy a new pack of inks but then thought I would get some online.

Back in the P1 and to the office. Unpacked it, hooked it up & followed instructions to the point I read "now plug in the USB lead (not included) !! WHAT !

I need direct as I found out it's much better than wireless. Back in the P1, got a lead.
Back to the PC and finally after 2+ hours the thing was installed.

Printed out test page & looked lovely. Opened a document, pressed "print" and got message "inks need replacing before printing can commence".


Went for a walk along the river.



I applied for a C++ computer programming course. The assessment was a 17 page exam on Lateral thinking / Logic & Grammer. I ended up with 97.6% over the 3, so I'm not fookin stupid, but certain things in life dont add up to me.