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sunnytimes | 1 year ago

I used to fix Lexmark printers , they are "PC load letter" printers. not as bad as HP but lexmark printers stop working for various no reasons. Most of the time the trays would mess up due to a little dust or you would have to get the person to smack the drum over the phone and that would usually help. they never stop working but they will crumble 10 pages into a ball inside the machine ha..

side note . HP printers are the worst for PC load letter. I've fixed HP printers my whole life. I love reading the manuals and they use "might" or "maybe" to describe fixes or errors.

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Shakahs|1 year ago

Counterpoint: I also used to fix Lexmark printers as a field tech servicing pharmacies. It was routine to see Lexmark MS711dn printers with page counts in the millions. They did not need more than basic maintenance.

Suppafly|1 year ago

>They did not need more than basic maintenance.

The other guy was probably working on ones that didn't get the basic maintenance. People always skimp on preventative care and then are surprised when things break.

When I worked in a computer lab 20ish years ago, being consistent about which side of the paper we loaded when we loaded paper made a huge difference. They are always stacked on the pallet the same way and had a little indicator on the flap of the wrapper around the ream that pointed down.

I'm always surprised when schools want people to donate reams of paper, instead of just ordering a pallet of paper, swapping between a bunch of different weights and qualities is going to cause more way more costs in repairs than just ordering paper by the pallet.

bigfatkitten|1 year ago

I had a client who had a T640tn with a forms card that did somewhere around 1000 pages a day every day, pretty much trouble free.

It was in a pretty dusty environment too, in the weighbridge office at a fruit juice plant.

usr1106|1 year ago

Our office printer (6 years) has much fewer pages. It works fine for single-sided printing. For double-sided printing the first 20 or so pages work fine. After that nearly every back page will end up in a paper jam, always same position, no visible reason. Until the next day (or maybe a shorter wait is enough, haven't really tried). Very annoying...

sunnytimes|1 year ago

no fuckin way .. i used to work for Kroll Pharmacy in Toronto!! where were you!?