[SWLUG] Spare printers, still :(

[Telsa Gwynne]

Back last year I was trying to get rid of two printers, an HP DeskJet 640C
and an HP LaserJet 2300L: Alas, they are still here and I don't want them
to be. So here's the relevant bit of the original email. If anyone is
interested, let me know.

  Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:16:14 +0100
  From: Telsa Gwynne <hobbit at aloss.ukuu.org.uk>
  To: discuss at swlug.org
  Subject: [SWLUG] Want a free printer? Two going,
          in various states of workingness


  Two printers, this time. Both work fine with Linux (when they work,
  that is -- see item 2), and are in the http://www.linuxprinting.org/
  database.

  First: HP DeskJet 640C. Works still (at least, it ate paper and
  burped it out at the appropriate rate when we plugged it in last
  week) but it lacks cartridges (they dried up).

  Second: HP LaserJet 2300L. Doesn't work for me, but given my history
  with hardware and software, this isn't atypical. It used to work, and
  it was whizzy-fast. Two problems. First, it needs a good kicki^Wmassage
  of something organic to get toner off the roly-bar-thing, apparently.
  Second, it also needs to be persuaded to talk to the computer again. It
  used to work fine (as in, it printed as instructed, but also created splats
  of toner down the middle of the sheet). Then I upgraded and it sulked.
  We have ruled out all rational reasons for it to be the upgrade, but
  then we changed all the cables and it still wouldn't work. Perhaps it
  will like your cables, distro, carpet, or choice of fonts better.

  Either (both) free to good home, but you collect, and if the
  second one doesn't like your cables or carpet, I'm not taking it back.

Telsa

PS We can discuss the "you collect", but only if you are on a bus route :)