Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCanon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might paywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilinkcross-posted to: righttorepair@midwest.socialtechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareteftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoThe printer might just need a maintenance kit done to it. Those rollers are meant to wear out over time.
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year 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.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOr even just cleaning from dust, maybe even spider webs.
minus-squareczech@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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-up13·1 year agoYou say “occasional use”, I read “given time for dust to collect”.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s this. All the printers at my office started screwing up in 2022 after barely any usage from 2020-2022.
minus-squareteftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year 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.
The printer might just need a maintenance kit done to it. Those rollers are meant to wear out over time.
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.
Or even just cleaning from dust, maybe even spider webs.
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.