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<\/p>\nSpeaking of engineering marvels, am I the very last one to notice the complete swizz that is printer cartridges?<\/p>\n
I mean, I have a printer, and it won\u2019t print anything any more because apparently the cartridges are out of ink. So, we have a pile of very expensive cartridges that we\u2019ve bought over the years that seem like they ought to do the job nicely. Ink is ink, right? There\u2019s certainly a wide variety of different numbers on all the wrappers and boxes, which aren\u2019t the same as the numbers on the cartridges in the printer itself, but that\u2019s probably just some sort of brand thing, surely? I\u2019m still optimistic. And sure enough, when I peel the tape off and push the cartridge into the empty slot, it seems to fit in perfectly well. When I try to print off my French homework, initially everything looks good – it makes those chugging crashing noises that usually precede a printed bit of paper coming out , and there\u2019s even a swirling circle on the screen saying \u201cprinting\u201d…but it\u2019s not to be. Even then it\u2019s coy about what the problem is. The message on the screen isn\u2019t \u201cincompatible cartridge\u201d or even \u201care you trying to pull a swifty by using a competitors cartridge? Shame on you\u201d, but instead this:<\/p>\n
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Honestly, what does it even mean? What\u2019s a printer carriage? I can\u2019t see any paper jam or obstruction, I think the carriage could move perfectly well if it wants to, it\u2019s just being obstructive.<\/p>\n
At this rate, I\u2019m going to have to print my homework off at work, which I know is naughty, but what can I do? Honestly, what can one person do against Big Tech?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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