Welcome to Wednesday

I haven't decided what Wednesdays stand for yet. I will tell you however, that today is pissy rant Wednesday.

Today's Pissy Rant is about printers. I myself I am a softcopyist, I try not to have any paper forms, statements, etc. lying around--ever. I pay/receive bills online, scan things to PDF that I absolutely have to keep, share photos online instead of on paper, etc. However, sometimes, ya just have to print something. That was the case on Sunday when I needed to print out a floor plan to fax to a builder who doesn't trust email for things like that. Fine. Turns out I was out of black ink. I have had my printer for 3 years now, I guess it was bound to happen eventually. I don't know why I did it, but I opened the lid of the printer just to remind myself how to get the old cartridge out. When the cartridge slid over to blink its 'replace me' light, I noticed I was dangerously low on Yellow and Cyan as well.

That said, off to Office Max. I spent $64 replacing the three cartridges. While I was being so printer-centric, I decided (oh yeah good tech tip here) to check for new drivers, download/install them, dust out the case, etc. When I went to the Canon website, I noticed they still sell my printer. Three years ago I paid $149 for it. MSRP today -- $49. Yep, I just spent more on the ink than I could have bought a whole new printer for, INCLUDING all new cartridges.

Doh!