Well, this is frustrating: after grumbling last night about the high cost of ink vs. the low cost of printers, I’ve since found out that my printer is apparently broken in some way. No matter how many times I reset it, run the diagnostic routines, clean the print heads, or do any of the other little things to coax it into life, it won’t print.
So I go to the Epson website to see if I can get tech support, and see this next to the tech support phone number:
Before you call, be near your computer and printer and have ready your product name, serial number and proof of purchase information.
Me being me, I have every single one of those bits of information except the proof of purchase. I can’t find a receipt anywhere, and probably tossed it along with the packaging after setting up the printer.
So now I’ve blown \$70 on ink, and if I actually want to print anything at home, I need to buy a new printer. I really should have skipped the whole buying ink stage, and just treated it as a “disposable.”
What a waste.
iTunes: “One Good Man” by Joplin, Janis and the Kozmic Blues Band from the album Janis (1969, 4:11).