Dumping Printer

I was muttering about the wasteful nature of our throwaway society as I dumped my “old” printer. “Old” it wasn’t, in fact I’d bought it only a couple of years ago. However it had started failing to lift the paper from the tray. I phoned the manufacturer but it was out of warranty and it would cost more to fix it than replace it.

It was an extremely cheap printer. It’s pretty rare for me to buy something very cheap, I tend to buy infrequently but carefully. When I do buy I get something more expensive which will last longer.

This printer was my first mono laser printer after having used an inkjet for some years. I wasn’t sure if I was ready for mono. I knew I hardly ever used the colour of the inkjet. However I did find that mono laser is the way to go for me now with this cheap printer so it had some value.

I don’t print anything like as much as I used to. The vast majority of creation on the computer goes into PDF files which get emailed.

I remember when the computer was all about creation for paper, but that is long ago now. I remember when getting a colour printer for the first time was so cool. It didn’t make sense to have a black and white printer when I had a computer capable of creating such superb colour.

Now the Internet in all its forms has come and so “output” means uploading something not printing it.

I took the mono Samsung printer to the Hove district depot on my bicycle. It has been replaced by a more expensive mono laser printer the price of which confirms that I will never print in colour again.