Monday, February 7, 2005

Ashes to ashes

My faithful Lexmark X83 has passed.

He was crippled for a long time, unable to print from his black cartridge. I couldn't stand to see him like that so I decided to attempt a routine cartridgectomy. I cleared a sizable blockage of ink from one of his main nozzles and carefully re-attached his delicate side panel. The operation complete, I plugged him in, and his eyes lit up ... and then blinked frantically as an awful banging sound came from inside. With no time to waste, I tore off the front panel, performed an emergency cartridge realignment and plugged him back in. One last horrible crunching noise sealed his fate.

Blinking back tears, I slowly closed his paper tray and set him gently back in the same box from which he sprang four short years ago.

On a completely unrelated subject, have I got a great deal on a used printer / copier / scanner for some lucky consumer! Hurry! Supplies are limited!

• Posted by Brian at 11:53 PM
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