Printer Etiquette
Saturday, March 12, 2005
I use the printer at work maybe once a week or less. No matter when I print something and go to retrieve it there is no paper in the tray. Of course there is no paper nearby and I have to open a new box, cut the strapping thing off, open the paper and load it. The printer will think about it for a short time and I will push any button I can find to hurry it along. Finally, after 5 minutes of preparation my 1 page document is about to come out. WRONG! I have to wait for a 10, 20, 50 page color document to print.
1. When you print something go get it. I am betting if you were printing your resume at 7:45 in the morning you would be standing at the printer pacing.
2. When you get to the printer and see half your document is printed and you need to add paper, add more than the 10 sheets to finish printing your document. Open up the paper, load it and don?t steel sheets from the fax machine. That sales agreement being faxed over is more important than the 5 articles you printed from ESPN.com, which by the way are going to end up on the floor of the bathroom stall. (Although I would probably find the sports news more important, for the purpose of this rant we will go with the sales agreement taking precedent.)
3. When you see you the ink is running out don?t be afraid to shake the toner or actually REPLACE the toner. Your hands won?t get dirty; this isn?t a typewriter with ribbon.