Technology and Being Green
My printer is old. That means that a) I can only buy the ink cartridges online and b) they are expensive.
When I attempted to print something at the weekend I found that, having not used it over the summer, what had been a nearly new ink cartridge had dried up and wouldn't print.
I could buy a new printer, with more easily obtainable ink, for not much more than the price of a new cartridge for this one. But on the other hand, this printer still works, and I don't want to add to the gigatons of obsolete IT equipment that must be dumped each year.
For now, I've ordered a new cartridge. But I think I might have to look around for a new printer. (That is only a printer. I have a perfectly good scanner and I don't want a fax machine.)
On a more cheerful note, I was delighted to see that Amazon now offers the option of having things delivered to a nearby official Amazon pick up point, such as a convenience store, to be collected by the customer. I rarely buy things online that won't fit through my letterbox, because of the bother of having to wait in for deliveries, so am very pleased with this innovation. (It probably isn't all that new, but apparently it's quite a long time since I bought anything from Amazon and I hadn't come across it before.)
When I attempted to print something at the weekend I found that, having not used it over the summer, what had been a nearly new ink cartridge had dried up and wouldn't print.
I could buy a new printer, with more easily obtainable ink, for not much more than the price of a new cartridge for this one. But on the other hand, this printer still works, and I don't want to add to the gigatons of obsolete IT equipment that must be dumped each year.
For now, I've ordered a new cartridge. But I think I might have to look around for a new printer. (That is only a printer. I have a perfectly good scanner and I don't want a fax machine.)
On a more cheerful note, I was delighted to see that Amazon now offers the option of having things delivered to a nearby official Amazon pick up point, such as a convenience store, to be collected by the customer. I rarely buy things online that won't fit through my letterbox, because of the bother of having to wait in for deliveries, so am very pleased with this innovation. (It probably isn't all that new, but apparently it's quite a long time since I bought anything from Amazon and I hadn't come across it before.)