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jason ([personal profile] jason) wrote2006-06-10 01:50 pm
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LaserWriter Select 360: in memoriam

Ex-Lemmingworks. ##.

My dear LaserWriter Select 360 laserprinter just died. We’ve had it for over a decade, and it has done wonderful work for us. It was the first printer we could afford that could do camera ready Japanese, and cost us over $1800, but it was worth it. When Apple discontinued AppleTalk, we got an AppleTalk to Ethernet converter and had it running for the last 5 years as a wireless printer. But today, after loading some A4 paper… I blame the paper, it stopped feeding into the laser drum, and after I popped the lid I could see why. The cable that pulls the cover of the laser drum up and come apart, and the little bit inside that it had been attached to was broken. I can’t imagine trying to fix it after all this time, especially since the color laser printers are getting cheap, and rather good. So it is time to say goodbye. Sniff.

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[identity profile] a2cook.livejournal.com 2006-06-10 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I am sorry for your loss...I am sure it will be hard replacing it. Keep smiling!

Amy

re: dead printer

[identity profile] gela-max.livejournal.com 2006-06-10 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear about your printer. I can't imagine how you feel. I am sure you will be able to get a deal from Apple since you are in partnership with them. Again, my regrets.

[identity profile] sillyducky212.livejournal.com 2006-06-11 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry for your loss. I know you get attached to stuff through time and especially when it has been with you through think and thin. I bet it was like you laptop's best buddy.

[identity profile] complicittheory.livejournal.com 2006-06-11 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it would have lived longer if I hadn't been kicking it so much. but thanks.

[identity profile] r2glily.livejournal.com 2006-06-11 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Jason,

What can I say.....I am very sorry for your loss. However, everthing must come to an end someday! Here's to a better printer! Please don't kick the new printer:-)

Roshine.

[identity profile] complicittheory.livejournal.com 2006-06-11 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
lol. yes. I just kick the dying. It's a bad habit.

loss of your printer

[identity profile] dansar.livejournal.com 2006-06-12 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear about your printer. Look at it this way- your going to have so much fun looking for a newer, sleeker, and all the bells and whistles of a new printer. Like a kid in a candy store. Have fun shopping!!
Mary Luise

(Anonymous) 2006-06-12 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Hi Dr. J
Sorry to hear about your printer.... not a good time for it to happen, though there is probably never a good time. :(

Roxane

[identity profile] lo3i.livejournal.com 2006-06-12 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess when one door closes another opens... remember everything happens for a reason and maybe the reason is that you need to go shopping!!!!
Happy printer shopping
Lori

[identity profile] krisarpet.livejournal.com 2006-06-14 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Well your printer has completed the circle of life. It is now time for a new eneration. Good luck with the young one.

Sharing in your sadness!

[identity profile] livepillars.livejournal.com 2006-06-15 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Sniff, Sniff.