I feel your pain. In graduate school I grew so frustrated with school and commercial printing services that I purchased a laser printer just to avoid the embarrassing need for repeat tech support.
More recently a maintenance "upgrade" resulted in a workgroup multifunction device with only two thirds the print speed of its obsolete predecessor. High volume print users vehemently protested and it resulted in replacement by a faster device.
I have also experienced the "fun" associated with wireless printing using Bluetooth, Infrared, and WiFi Direct. While waiting for print job completion, each wireless technology brought back wistful memories of Centronics, SCSI, GPIB, and RS232 serial even with their bulky cables. Don't even mention Unix (before Linux) print commands that seemed to arbitrarily change at the whim of a sysadmin.
I feel your pain. In graduate school I grew so frustrated with school and commercial printing services that I purchased a laser printer just to avoid the embarrassing need for repeat tech support.
More recently a maintenance "upgrade" resulted in a workgroup multifunction device with only two thirds the print speed of its obsolete predecessor. High volume print users vehemently protested and it resulted in replacement by a faster device.
I have also experienced the "fun" associated with wireless printing using Bluetooth, Infrared, and WiFi Direct. While waiting for print job completion, each wireless technology brought back wistful memories of Centronics, SCSI, GPIB, and RS232 serial even with their bulky cables. Don't even mention Unix (before Linux) print commands that seemed to arbitrarily change at the whim of a sysadmin.
Now I have to try a 3D printer ...