My inkjet printer has started power cycling every 10 minutes. I hear it beep, then the paper tray roller spins to engage the paper, then it
makes some crunking noises, then goes quiet. For the next 10 minutes.
I'm going to fix it with a ball-peen hammer if this keeps up.
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not the cartridges -- they know how to take your money :-D).
I still have an Epson Stylus PHOTO/RX500 here. It's a pretty good
printer as I recall but I haven't put any new cartidges in it for years. It's just too expensive.
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to
inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual
printer, that is, not the cartridges -- they know how to
take your money :-D).
I still have an Epson Stylus PHOTO/RX500 here. It's a
pretty good printer as I recall but I haven't put any new
cartidges in it for years. It's just too expensive.
If I can't view something on the web or save a local copy
as PDF or so, I just live without it.
My inkjet printer has started power cycling every 10 minutes. I hear it beep, then the paper tray roller spins to engage the paper, then it makes some crunking noises, then goes quiet. For the next 10 minutes.
I'm going to fix it with a ball-peen hammer if this keeps up.
... Simply a matter of work
Hello poindexter FORTRAN!
Oh, what a nice subject line -- If I could count the number of times I saw t message on old HP LaserJet 4s... :-D
On 02 Aug 2021, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
My inkjet printer has started power cycling every 10 minutes. I hear it beep, then the paper tray roller spins to engage the paper, then it makes some crunking noises, then goes quiet. For the next 10 minutes.
I'm going to fix it with a ball-peen hammer if this keeps up.
:-O
Speaking of crunking noises... My old HP DeskJet 540 that I had once upon a time sometimes (more and more often) made a *terrible* noise when feeding pa so that one literally jumped off one's chair... Something with the cogs I think. (But actually a very nice printer otherwise.)
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not the cartridges - they know how to take your money :-D).
"WARMING UP"
Best regards
Zip
Speaking of crunking noises... My old HP DeskJet 540 that I had once
upon a time sometimes (more and more often) made a *terrible* noise when feeding paper so that one literally jumped off one's chair... Something with the cogs I think. (But actually a very nice printer otherwise.)
half of it burns*. Now, if it confered me the power of getting an Engineering job better than selling bars of soap online, the Degree
would actually rock.
* Too bad there were no girls at that party. As things stand, I became
the hero for a bunch of beer soaked IT dudes, which is better than nothing, but still suboptimal.
I don't think I am going back to inkjets anymore. If you do anything beyond trivial printing, the ink costs add up so badly that by the end
of the year you could buy a laser printer for the price of all the ink
you purchase.
One day I was doing something on my computer that I wanted to print, so
I sent the job and as expected the printer sprang to life and started printing, as soon as it did my Mom let out a scream and jumped out of
the chair.
Oh, what a nice subject line -- If I could count the number of times I saw that message on old HP LaserJet 4s... :-D
- A wide Fujitsu DL...something 24-pin dot matrix printer. I don't remember what happened to this one. I remember that I once printed the manpage of "AfterStep" and the manuals of CrossPoint (XP) and CrossSecretary (a tool for XP) on it. It was placed on a small table
which began shaking when the printer was printing :)
- LaserJet IIID which I've added a TokenRing print server to. :)
- LaserJet 5M. A great machine, built like a tank :) I've maxed it out with a second paper feeder, memory, (ethernet) print server ... :)
And it understood PostScript :)
- Lexmark X736de. It also has a print server, but is a "all-in-one"
device with a scanner (incl. paper feeder). The scanner part will send PDFs as emails or puts them on a FTP server :)
And the print server even still understands IPX and can be connected to
my NetWare server :)
Ah, yes -- my inkjet actually rocks the table quite badly if I don't put it in "quiet" mode (which I have done, to keep the table/dresser from falling apart). :-D
Never had the chance of experimenting with Token Ring but heard it was pretty nice...
Yes, those were very nice -- we had a bunch of those at the university
where I studied. Although in my experience the duplex units had a habit of double-feeding paper a little now and then. Might have been the paper, or humidity, of course...
- Lexmark X736de. It also has a print server, but is a "all-in-one"
device with a scanner (incl. paper feeder). The scanner part will send ac>> PDFs as emails or puts them on a FTP server :)
That's nice! My MFP (a Canon MAXIFY Business MB5150) can e-mail or store scans and faxes as PDFs on an SMB share -- although they only implement SMBv1. :-O
And the print server even still understands IPX and can be connected to ac>> my NetWare server :)
That's an added bonus. :)
I guess SMB would also be possible here. The Lexmark can also handle faxes, but I only use it for sending faxes, but not very often :)
For receiving faxes, my DSL router (AVM FritzBox) has one phone number configured and the faxes get sent to me as PDFs via email.
Yep :) It was quite nice to get a Windows 98 printer test page which was printed in a VM which was connected to my NetWare server via IPX which
in turn sent the printout via IPX to the printer :)
Zip wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets
again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not
the cartridges -- they know how to take your money :-D).
I want to keep this printer around, because a) it was free, and b) I can buy a 4-pack of ink (CYMB + a big pigment ink tank for black and white) for around $11 on Amazon.
Later on I switched to laser printers, but I'm now back to inkjets again (it was too cheap to resist -- the actual printer, that is, not the cartridges -- they know how to take your money :-D).
I don't think I am going back to inkjets anymore. If you do anything beyond trivial printing, the ink costs add up so badly that by the end
of the year you could buy a laser printer for the price of all the ink
you purchase.
I don't think I am going back to inkjets anymore. If you do anything beyond trivial printing, the ink costs add up so badly that by the end of the year you could buy a laser printer for the price of all the ink you purchase.
And if you _do_ trivial printing, the cartridges are bad or empty by the tim you use them again.
I'm not really sure on the use case for ink jet printers, other than, "give 'em the first taste for cheap, and after that they're hooked.".
Something I have observed in my store is that consumers will most often take suboptimal order choices if the upfront costs are smaller. They'd
rather buy a small flask of cream that costs 1 buck and lasts a week
than a big one that costs 4 and lasts 2 months. And they will do even if
rather buy a small flask of cream that costs 1 buck and lasts a week than a big one that costs 4 and lasts 2 months. And they will do even i
That one does seem odd to me, unless that 3 EUR is a hardship, or they actively like the smaller version, for some reason.
And you're talking about a cream you'd apply topically, rather than somethin you'd ingest, correct? Or, more what I'm getting at, that something will be just at good at 2 months.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^And you're talking about a cream you'd apply topically, [...]
Exactly, I am talking about goods with no expiration date.
The salesmen from the labs completely agree with my
appreciation. They sell much more of the small stuff than
the big, cost-efficient versions, withdifferences meassured
in orders of magniture in sale numbers.
The salesmen from the labs completely agree with my appreciation. They sell much more of the small stuff than the big, cost-efficient versions, with differences meassured in orders of magniture in sale numbers.
Maybe it is a Spanish thing and we are just stupid :-)
Maybe people are using the stuff at much less frequent
intervals than the typical expected usage, or using less of the
product per application than you would expect?
Maybe people are using the stuff at much less frequent
intervals than the typical expected usage, or using less of
the product per application than you would expect?
Thare are some products that last much more than what you
would think. For example, my bars of soap are so dense that
you can use one for months and still be no close to run out
of it.
Not bad for soap worth 4 bucks the bar :-)
However, I am not talking about it. I am talking about high
rotation products such as edulcorants. People who likes
their coffee with artificial sweeteners eat through
saccarine and stevia blazzing fast. Yet they buy the small
jar instead of the big, cost-efficient one, for example.
Ogg wrote to Arelor <=-
Not bad. I think most people in North America use the soft
soaps that come in bottles.
My team and I took echinachea, vitamin C and washed our hands
religiously after fixing other people's computers, and we didn't get
sick. Once.
My team and I took echinachea, vitamin C and washed our hands religiously after fixing other people's computers, and we didn't get sick. Once.
Isn't echinachea the one that had lots of government-funded studies on its efficacy, in the hope
that it'd help with colds, and the results always came back as, "Nope. No evidence that it'd hel
Of course, boosters of it would always say the studies didn't study the right thing, but I thoug
that's one herbal remedy that has been at least fairly-well tested.
For receiving faxes, my DSL router (AVM FritzBox) has one phone number ac>> configured and the faxes get sent to me as PDFs via email.
Hmm, is that a built-in feature of the FritzBox or have you loaded some custom firmware into it? Sounds nice!
Yep :) It was quite nice to get a Windows 98 printer test page which was ac>> printed in a VM which was connected to my NetWare server via IPX which ac>> in turn sent the printout via IPX to the printer :)
Ahh, the daisy-chains of communication. :)
No, that's a standard option. You have to assign a phone number to it
and enter an email address where the faxes have to go. That's it, basically. It's similar to adding an 'answering machine'.
Hello Anna!
On 13 Aug 2021, acn said the following...
No, that's a standard option. You have to assign a phone number to
it and enter an email address where the faxes have to go. That's
it, basically. It's similar to adding an 'answering machine'.
That's nice! And user-friendly. (Aren't the Fritz! appliances among the most popular in Germany and its surroundings? I see they have routers, wireless extenders, DECT phones and more...)
contract. Best thing is the support. AVM usually fix security relevant bugs not only for the recent product line, but for old devices too.
Btw, there was a time when you could receive Voice, Data (BBS) and Fax calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder why we do
calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder why we do have phone numbers at all. It's SIP anyway.
Having adecuate vitamin levels seems to help quite a bit, though.
Having adecuate vitamin levels seems to help quite a bit, though.
...though multivitamins are either ineffective or have a negative impact on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
All the same, I've actively taken vitamin C stuff to fend off / avoid having a cold, and literally refer to it as a placebo.
Vitamin C is nice, but it is so _easy_ to get from food that I would not recommend to take specific Vitamin C pills unless you have actual
Adept wrote to Arelor <=-
Having adecuate vitamin levels seems to help quite a bit, though.
...though multivitamins are either ineffective or have a negative
impact on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder why we
do have phone numbers at all. It's SIP anyway.
Yep... And many ISPs here refuse to provide the SIP details, should one want to replace their routers with other equipment... :-/
Fortunately in the EU we have the right to use other equipment. So providers should be forced by law to give you the connection and SIP details. AFAIK this doesn't mean you can directly use your SIP account from another location, but running Asterisk or another SIP router is possible.
Adept wrote to Arelor <=-
Having adecuate vitamin levels seems to help quite a bit, though.
...though multivitamins are either ineffective or have a negative
impact on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
Really? Where'd you get that idea?
Oli wrote to Gamgee <=-
Having adecuate vitamin levels seems to help quite a bit, though.
...though multivitamins are either ineffective or have a negative
impact on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
Really? Where'd you get that idea?
- there is a press release of some scientific study
- turned into click bait by internet news site: "multivitamin
supplements might shorten your life"
- people tell other people that multivitamin pills don't help and
might be harmful
- people believe that until some other scientific study click-bait
tells us the opposite is true
- cycle repeats
meanwhile in alternative facts land:
cheap multivitamin supplements are relabeled and sold much more
expensive as the cure for everything. From cancer to so called
'mental illnesses' to deadly viruses.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/multivitamin/
Oli wrote to Zip <=-
Fortunately in the EU we have the right to use other equipment. So providers should be forced by law to give you the connection and SIP details. AFAIK this doesn't mean you can directly use your SIP account from another location, but running Asterisk or another SIP router is possible.
Just ask your provider for the details, maybe they changed their policy recently.
Btw, what happened in the US regarding net neutrality after the new administration? I guess Ajit Pai is not in charge of the FCC anymore: https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/14/fcc-chairman-drinks-ridiculously-oversize d-mug-ends-net-neutrality-7161066/
(Let's not start a political discussion. More interested in the
technical / practical side.)
meanwhile in alternative facts land:
cheap multivitamin supplements are relabeled and sold much more expensive as the cure for everything. From cancer to so called 'mental illnesses' to dead viruses.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/multivitamin/
Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
My team and I took echinachea, vitamin C and washed our hands
religiously after fixing other people's computers, and we didn't get
sick. Once.
Isn't echinachea the one that had lots of government-funded studies on
its efficacy, in the hopes that it'd help with colds, and the results always came back as, "Nope. No evidence that it'd help."
N1uro wrote to Oli <=-
Here in the states, I run an Asterisk server with many custom modules
in it. I have a provider that grants me a SIP trunk with 2 lines on it
and I have free international unlimited dialing to something like 74 countries. Comes in handy for talking to my friends in the U.K. and
Czech Republic.
...though multivitamins are either ineffective or have a negative impact on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
Really? Where'd you get that idea?
Who's your provider? I'm tempted to set up Asterisk now that I have a homelab running. Saw some interesting SIP phones at my local electronics junk store - Grandstream GXP 1405s.
- people tell other people that multivitamin pills don't help and might
be harmful
- people believe that until some other scientific study click-bait tells us the opposite is true
- cycle repeats
Adept wrote to Gamgee <=-
...though multivitamins are either ineffective or have a negative impact on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
Really? Where'd you get that idea?
Various things that have appeared in news reports.
E.g., something like: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/is- there-really-any-benefit-to-multivitamins
"The researchers concluded that multivitamins don't reduce the
risk for heart disease, cancer, cognitive decline (such as memory
loss and slowed-down thinking) or an early death. They also noted
that in prior studies, vitamin E and beta-carotene supplements
appear to be harmful, especially at high doses."
Who's your provider? I'm tempted to set up Asterisk now that I have a homelab running. Saw some interesting SIP phones at my local electronics junk store - Grandstream GXP 1405s.
Also, *ANY* supplement, including multivitamins, are likely to be
harmful when taken in "high doses". Nobody's talking about doing that.
Most everything is harmful if over-done.
Isn't echinachea the one that had lots of government-funded studies on its
Btw, there was a time when you could receive Voice, Data (BBS) and Fax calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder why we do
Yes, ISDN was ahead of its time... Very nice technology. Although I never had it here.
...though multivitamins are either ineffective or have a negative impact on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
It's been around for years, but it's possible that placebos and a positive mental attitude could have contributed. Whatever it was, it worked!
"The researchers concluded that multivitamins don't reduce the risk for heart disease, cancer, cognitive decline (such as memory loss
and slowed-down thinking) or an early death. They also noted that
in prior studies, vitamin E and beta-carotene supplements appear
to be harmful, especially at high doses."
I don't think most people, including myself, take a multivitamin to prevent themselves from getting heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, or
an early death. I take it to ensure I have enough/balanced vitamin
intake to help with feeling good/energetic/focused. I take it to
"cover" me if I'm too busy to eat lunch. I take it to help prevent me from getting the common cold. Just daily common sense stuff, not to prevent catastrophic diseases from happening.
- people tell other people that multivitamin pills don't help and
might be harmful
- people believe that until some other scientific study click-bait
tells us the opposite is true
- cycle repeats
I think that's oversimplifying/dismissing what the research has been showing.
From what we've seen, is that vitamin supplements help if someone has a deficiency.
But a multivitamin is a, "Hey, just in case you're deficient in anything, here ya go!", and can wind up giving people too much of something that's fat soluble and sticks around forever.
Anyway, I'm mostly responding because I'm not fond of, "the cycle repeats" when we're talking about solid, non-political, just-trying-to-figure-things-out research.
People are still fallible, and it's _hard_ to research something like
this, but it's all the data we have. I'd prefer it if people gave it
proper weight -- both enough credit and enough, "...but the world is complicated, and we're learning"
Btw, there was a time when you could receive Voice, Data (BBS) and
Fax calls on the same phone number (with ISDN). Nowadays I wonder
why we do
Yes, ISDN was ahead of its time... Very nice technology. Although I
never had it here.
ISDN was hiddeously expensive here.. Telescum (Telecom Australia, Govt
run) was more interested in selling phone lines than data to residents. There was a couple of places I worked that had ISDN from site to site
which was nice. They didn't do anything with it at all until after
ADSL/DSL became a thing and by then it was obsolete.
What is the alternative? Most health insurances don't pay a full screening f deficiencies. Most physicians don't screen for deficiencies. They treat your symptoms.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to N1uro <=-
Who's your provider? I'm tempted to set up Asterisk now that I have a homelab running. Saw some interesting SIP phones at my local
electronics junk store - Grandstream GXP 1405s.
The bottom line was improve your diet before reaching to Vitamins...
No, that's a standard option. You have to assign a phone number to it
and enter an email address where the faxes have to go. That's it,
basically. It's similar to adding an 'answering machine'.
That's nice! And user-friendly. (Aren't the Fritz! appliances among the
most popular in Germany and its surroundings? I see they have routers, wireless extenders, DECT phones and more...)
I believe they are THE most used and popular broadband / Wifi / VoIP
routers in Germany. If you buy them new they are way too expensive, but
most broadband providers give you one for free (or cheap) with a new contract.
Best thing is the support. AVM usually fix security relevant bugs
not only for the recent product line, but for old devices too.
on lifespan. That one still seems odd.
Chuckle, is that because of the nature of the people taking them? :) The ill, ìsick and dying?
I'm not talking about the research itself, but the way how a cherry
picked 10+ page paper gets condensed into some headline and then transforms into a believe.
What is the alternative?
A standard multivitamin tablet cost 2 or 3 cents. That's affordable for a placebo effect and a daily intake that is most likely harmless. ;-)
I have the impression the reputation of science and researches is often black or white.
expected. I only criticize what we do with the results of single
studies. Like "coffee is unhealthy" => (a moderate amount of) "coffee is healthy".
And we _are_ talking about multivitamins, which are not exactly a niche thing. And who doesn't want to be a Flintstones kid?
thing. And who doesn't want to be a Flintstones kid?
And we _are_ talking about multivitamins, which are not exactly a niche thing.
And who doesn't want to be a Flintstones kid?
I think I used to OD on them because they tasted sooooo good when I was younger.
Flintstones kid? BamBam?
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