When I got my first printer, it was a noisy
clunky dot matrix printer. Remember
them? Mine followed me all the way to
university where I remembered hearing the clatter of half a dozen printers
almost everyday as students printed out their assignments. I used mine mainly for printing out guitar
tabs, which I would study far more religiously than I did my lecture notes and
books.
Remember the excitement we all felt when
the first colour printer appeared? I
used mine to print out a colourful sign that said “Quiet please. Genius at work.” I hung the sign above my study desk in the
house I shared with 4 other university students. However, I was rarely seen at the desk. I was usually found at some mamak stall
talking about world affairs or on the couch practising Hotel California on my
guitar.
Remember how much it cost to replace the
cartridges? It used to cost a bomb. Now you’ve got sites where you can buy stuff
like the Dell 2330 Toner at a good price.
You’ve got places in Low Yat
where you can buy refills at a fraction of what I used to pay.
As for the printers themselves, they’ve
gotten a lot smarter and a lot cheaper too.
You know what I wish? I wish they
were this good and this cheap when I was a student and printing out reams of
guitar tabs and “Genius at work” signs!
Our print stucks some times. Got to get some new ink soon.
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