My students' parents got a kick out of me saying today, "Ya' know what? I think that we won't see a printer that *just works* in our lifetime." And I added that as a kid I envisioned that we'd have hover crafts by now, but this is what it's come down to.
I was supposed to print the 400 page thing, but I only managed to print 200 pages or so before I actually ran out of toner.
Well shit. Will need to wait a bit, then.
Can't afford a new black toner right this instant, it's like 60 euros. But the *good thing* is that I apparently do *not* need to order it straight from the manufacturer after all, as there's local suppliers who will actually ship by regular ol' post, and not use some weird expensive courier service that will pretend to deliver the thing to your door for several weeks or someshit.
*Printer pops up "almost out of black toner"*
Ohhh shit, just when I still have ~400 pages to print for a thing (in b/w).
...this printer is over decade old so it *could* mean I still have enough toner at least for that. *or* this could be one of those random fuck-you moments. it knows. it knows! (this printer was made by a printer manufacturer, you see.)
Anyway, late in the night, guess I continue the printing tomorrow after this bombshell
Microsoft clarifies Windows 11 printer driver policy — support for legacy printers is not ending
A talking self-driving car with image recognition I can swallow, but Knight Rider was really stretching plausibility with a *functioning printer*
We were unable to print anything this weekend. We don't use it often, but our Brother is usually reasonably reliable.
What I think happened is that someone accidentally pushed its dedicated "WiFi" button. At which point the thing went into "wireless configuration mode", and as part of that disabled the wired connection.
Easy enough to fix, but not for everyone.
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