The printer cartoon hits home. Dh's had a black & white only printer. Normally, he prints documents, so not a big deal. I have the all-in-one, and the printer does color. I hooked it in, directly to my computer, with a cable. On those rare occasions that he needed a color document, he'd come around to my desk, and use my printer.
When the schools were shut down for covid, and the kids were being homeschooled, Dh discovered networking. He networked his printer into the kids' laptops, so they could print out their schoolwork. Again, for the most part, they only needed black & white. His ran out of ink, and he was at the neighbor's when it happened. I couldn't find the replacement cartridge, so I temporarily networked the kids' laptops into my printer, until he replaced the ink cartridge. When he replaced the cartridge, I un-networked my printer. Too late! When he discovered both printers could be networked in, and he had a choice of which one to use, he insisted mine had to stay networked.
A couple weeks ago, I needed to use my scanner. I couldn't. Every networked computer could scan/print/fax, but I couldn't, and I was directly connected with the cable. I was not happy about it, but after some investigation, I decided I either needed a driver update, or the last update messed up, so I needed to re-install the driver(s). I installed the latest driver, and everything was fine again.
Just before Mother's day, Dh comes in with a huge box. Inside is a new all-in-one. He intended to give me the new one, and he'd take my older one. NOPE. I didn't want the new one. He tried for a long time to convince me to take the new one. I told him the new one had become his Father's day present. Eventually, he accepted the new one. Later on I asked him why he was so insistent on taking my all-in-one, instead of the new one. His response was, that I have one of those rare all-in-ones that everything works exactly the way it should. All the accompanying programs, and all other sofware is perfectly integrated, so it does exactly what it should, when it should, and how it should. That's why he wanted mine, instead of the new one. (Grrrr)
He, and the kids are networked into his Father's day present, a new all-in-one. I have my older one back. (Yay)
When the schools were shut down for covid, and the kids were being homeschooled, Dh discovered networking. He networked his printer into the kids' laptops, so they could print out their schoolwork. Again, for the most part, they only needed black & white. His ran out of ink, and he was at the neighbor's when it happened. I couldn't find the replacement cartridge, so I temporarily networked the kids' laptops into my printer, until he replaced the ink cartridge. When he replaced the cartridge, I un-networked my printer. Too late! When he discovered both printers could be networked in, and he had a choice of which one to use, he insisted mine had to stay networked.
A couple weeks ago, I needed to use my scanner. I couldn't. Every networked computer could scan/print/fax, but I couldn't, and I was directly connected with the cable. I was not happy about it, but after some investigation, I decided I either needed a driver update, or the last update messed up, so I needed to re-install the driver(s). I installed the latest driver, and everything was fine again.
Just before Mother's day, Dh comes in with a huge box. Inside is a new all-in-one. He intended to give me the new one, and he'd take my older one. NOPE. I didn't want the new one. He tried for a long time to convince me to take the new one. I told him the new one had become his Father's day present. Eventually, he accepted the new one. Later on I asked him why he was so insistent on taking my all-in-one, instead of the new one. His response was, that I have one of those rare all-in-ones that everything works exactly the way it should. All the accompanying programs, and all other sofware is perfectly integrated, so it does exactly what it should, when it should, and how it should. That's why he wanted mine, instead of the new one. (Grrrr)
He, and the kids are networked into his Father's day present, a new all-in-one. I have my older one back. (Yay)