Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCanon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might paywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down17cross-posted to: righttorepair@midwest.socialtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1371arrow-down1external-linkCanon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might paywww.theverge.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square67linkfedilinkcross-posted to: righttorepair@midwest.socialtechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoThe printer might just need a maintenance kit done to it. Those rollers are meant to wear out over time.
minus-squareczech@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt is surprising they’d stop working after only occasional use. The rollers on my scanner are good for 30k scans.
minus-squareGizmoLion@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoYou say “occasional use”, I read “given time for dust to collect”.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt’s this. All the printers at my office started screwing up in 2022 after barely any usage from 2020-2022.
minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years agoLike WagesOf said below, the rollers wear out over time and use. So even if you don’t use them they do eventually just wear out.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoOr even just cleaning from dust, maybe even spider webs.
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoPretty much guaranteed. The rubber stops working as a function of time just as much as pages printed. A maint kit is cheap and takes about 5 mins to install.
The printer might just need a maintenance kit done to it. Those rollers are meant to wear out over time.
It is surprising they’d stop working after only occasional use. The rollers on my scanner are good for 30k scans.
You say “occasional use”, I read “given time for dust to collect”.
It’s this. All the printers at my office started screwing up in 2022 after barely any usage from 2020-2022.
Like WagesOf said below, the rollers wear out over time and use. So even if you don’t use them they do eventually just wear out.
Or even just cleaning from dust, maybe even spider webs.
Pretty much guaranteed. The rubber stops working as a function of time just as much as pages printed.
A maint kit is cheap and takes about 5 mins to install.