Creative time. Tax time. Time to make those computers and printers work for what they cost.
I’ve been working on a big drop-off for The Farmer’s Daughter. I’ve got dozens of magnets and dozens of candles for the owners to stock their shelves. I’m in the home stretch, ready to send an e-mail to the owners telling them I’ll be coming by tomorrow with the motherload of product.
Oops, I ran out of burning instruction labels, and I also misspelled Patchouli on the front candle labels. No worries, I’ll just print some more. Except all of a sudden my laptop doesn’t recognize my printer.
Hello, I introduced you two years ago. Why do you ignore each other? Did one of you do something to make the other angry?
I’m not angry at either of you. I love you, my darling laptop, and you, my trusty printer. In the threesome we have going here I’d say you, Printer, are causing the most trouble. I need you, trusty printer! Forget about whatever gripes you have with the laptop. Perform for me! I’m the one you love! I’m the one who needs you!
I tried to stay calm and be understanding. I clicked everything I could to help the printer along, but to no avail. The stubborn little booger wouldn’t budge. There will be no printing tonight. There will be no product drop-off at the store tomorrow.
Do you ever find yourself in a situation and the perfect song comes into your head to reflect that moment? It happens to me all the time. When I realized my printer wasn’t going to help me my mind starting singing a song from 1979. It’s like I was trying to get my printer to feel sorry for me and work for me, via telekinesis.
Printer, you left me, just when I needed you most. Please come back.
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oh, I hate that! I could never get my new (now old) computer to work with my printer. After years of frustration, I finally got rid of the printer. Good luck!
Works now, but I don’t know how I did it. I’d hate to upgrade a computer or replace a printer, so stomping on the floor and swearing will have to do for now.
Hey, Sara, that just happened to me last night. I had to uninstall my printer and reinstall it. Then everything was fine. Sometimes you have to reintroduce the old pals because they forget each other! 😉
I had some issues with my printer for weeks I tweaked and pressed buttons and now its back online but I have no clue as to how I did it Sara. Good luck.
I got my printer to work again, but I’m just like you – I have no idea how I did it! Tweeking and pressing buttons seems to do the trick, so we can continue doing that. Whew.