Discussion old printers

[Bob F.]

As a computer tech how do you explain to a layman that the printer he is so attached to won't work with the windows system he is using if the layman is really stuborn This question at your leasure just for fun \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\i should have explained I'm looking for humor or fun in your answers

 

[kanewolf]

As a computer tech how do you explain to a layman that the printer he is so attached to won't work with the windows system he is using if the layman is really stuborn This question at your leasure just for fun

I would say that what they want to do is not supported, if they desire to work on getting it to work, "knock yourself out", but you won't provide assistance.

 

[kerberos_20]

As a computer tech how do you explain to a layman that the printer he is so attached to won't work with the windows system he is using if the layman is really stuborn This question at your leasure just for fun

I understand that you might really like your current printer, but sometimes we have to accept that things don't work the way we want them to. In this case, it might be time to consider getting a new printer that is designed to work with the computer system you're using. This will save you a lot of frustration in the long run, and you'll be able to get your printing done smoothly and efficiently.

 

[Eximo]

Printers that weren't network printers received little to no support where I have worked.

There were exceptions. Badge printers for the security desk. Other various color photo printers. Barcode and receipt printers and the like. The occasional plotter. But common inkjet and other desktop printers, not so much.

If a simple USB to Parallel port adapter wasn't enough and if it didn't work with HP's Universal Printer Driver, we pretty much stopped there.

 

[USAFRet]

"Sorry, Fred. The manufacturer has chosen to not expend any more time, effort, and money trying to make this printer work with your current OS.
We suggest you do the same."

 

[Bob F.]

Printers that weren't network printers received little to no support where I have worked.

There were exceptions. Badge printers for the security desk. Other various color photo printers. Barcode and receipt printers and the like. The occasional plotter. But common inkjet and other desktop printers, not so much.

If a simple USB to Parallel port adapter wasn't enough and if it didn't work with HP's Universal Printer Driver, we pretty much stopped there.

ok but how do you explain this in a funny or humorus way using a comparision with something and old dyehard might except ?

 

[Eximo]

Replace "printer" with money waster, tree killer, toilet paper decorator, but extremely casually and don't acknowledge it, just keep going. Might work depending on the audience.

"So you called me about the tree killer again?" "The what?" "So what's wrong with the money waster" and so on.

Jokes about about how printer ink is the second most expensive liquid on the planet. When they ask what the first is, tell them they don't want to know. (This varies by what list you look at, a lot of them are medical / natural products that only come in small quantities to start with)

Always the old go to about how computers were meant to replace paper work, not let you create endless amounts of it.

 

[Bob F.]

Replace "printer" with money waster, tree killer, toilet paper decorator, but extremely casually and don't acknowledge it, just keep going. Might work depending on the audience.

"So you called me about the tree killer again?" "The what?" "So what's wrong with the money waster" and so on.

Jokes about about how printer ink is the second most expensive liquid on the planet. When they ask what the first is, tell them they don't want to know. (This varies by what list you look at, a lot of them are medical / natural products that only come in small quantities to start with)

Always the old go to about how computers were meant to replace paper work, not let you create endless amounts of it.

Thats the spirit

 

[Nigel Spike]

You could compare with how nowadays it's difficult to store your favorite music on a cassette tape and still play it through your smart phone. Equipment evolve, and some parts/devices are left behind.

 

[MJS WARLORD]

bob are you saying you got a new printer that wont work

 

[Bob F.]

bob are you saying you got a new printer that wont work

No I'm saying I'm a tech looking for a fun answer to get a client to give up on an old printer that he likes buyt won't work anymore

 

[MJS WARLORD]

If its an old printer it probably has only 3 coloured inks enclosed in 1 block and a separate black , replacing 6 inks in a new printer will be expensive after the ones that came with printer run out but 6 dont need changing all at the same time so do work out cheaper in the long run. With a new printer i get a pack of 6 the first time i need to order some and then after that i order 1 at a time when needed from somebody who guarantees delivery tommorow

 

[sitehostplus]

As a computer tech how do you explain to a layman that the printer he is so attached to won't work with the windows system he is using if the layman is really stuborn This question at your leasure just for fun \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\i should have explained I'm looking for humor or fun in your answers

Isn't this one of those times where you need to 'accidentally on purpose' break it with a hammer? 😉

 

[BFG-9000]

I dunno because I've never been dumb enough to buy a GDI printer so they stay supported, even if their parallel ports aren't any longer (the old unsupported parallel port driver can still be installed but it's just more convenient to just put them on a printserver where Windows cannot even see any parallel port).

For example I just checked and WindowsUpdate for Windows 11 includes a WHQL 64-bit driver dated 2006 for the old DeskJet 500 I bought 33 years ago in 1990, which originally came with drivers on a floppy disk for Windows 3.0. And like my 1990s vintage LaserJets and DesignJets it still works too, like most of their overengineered stuff made while H and P were still alive.

For old stuff where parts like rubber pads are no longer available, I wipe some rubber glue over the old hardened pad which makes it grippy enough to properly feed paper again.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Take it out in the field like they did in office Space.

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