It’s funny how the world can suddenly become a hostile place! I thought people might be amused by the litany of improbable problems that has prevented me from doing something simple this evening.
I got an email today from one of the people I’m working with, saying that they couldn’t work out how to install a unicode font, so could I print some stuff for them and send them out. They don’t want advice, I find. I don’t have much choice, but I cursed when I read this; I’m tired and have much to do.
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I get home after a very long day, dog-tired, fire up the Windows 7 laptop, plug in the Canon i560 inkjet, a couple of years old, and … it won’t install.
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I search out the drivers disk… it says it isn’t compatible.
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I hunt around the web — it’s nearly impossible to find ANY driver. I find pages saying Canon won’t support Win7 for this product. I download the XP driver. It refuses to install.
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Fine, I boot up the Vista machine — and it locks up. I look for my XP machine… and then think, hang on, why am I bothering with all this pain. Let’s just use my laser printer.
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I plug in the laser, print 3 pages and … the toner light comes on and it too refuses to print.
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At that point I give in. I am NOT going to attempt to change toner while stumbling tired.
But I won’t be buying a Canon ever again.
Sorry everyone — if you’re waiting for something from me, I am too frazzled to do it this evening!