• Beware of used printers

    Posted on July 28, 2022 at 00:26 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Normally when I purchase refurbished technology I have had zero problems.

    Normally with printers we have purchased new, but lately it’s been impossible to find the models we want either locally or online sold new. So, thought I, I’d go to plan B. Refurb laptops, refurb’d desktops, refurbed Alexas, you name it I’ve always had good luck.  Until recently that is. At least with printers I am having lousy luck.  I have tried twice now to purchase a certain model of printer (Lexmark) that supports two trays (one letter, one legal), is made to fit near a desk and twice now I have purchased either a used or a refurbished model from Amazon and Ebay and both of them had issues.  The first one had a bent chassis so that tray one could not be sensed and itiwouldn’t print. Well, It would if you shoved a screwdriver in the slot to make it “think” the tray was lifted. The other wouldn’t lay down black ink on half of the printing.

    Both fortunately are available for sending back but it’s still been frustrating to try to get certain printers that due to supplies are really hard to find right now and when you try to go with plan B – which is let’s try renewed/refurb’d – which NORMALLY never let’s me down – it’s not coming through this time.

    Printers. The BANE of our existence. We have been saying that we are going “paperless” in our society and yet we still use paper.

    Bottomline, I’d stay away from refurbished printers for a while as I keep sending them back.

    (and don’t get me started on brands that demand you install their ink)

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