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*headdesk*
Spicer-kitty approves of the two new quilt additions to my bedding that I mentioned in my previous post. He's taking a bath on my bed right now. Good thing I made it for once, so he'll spread cat hair on the storebought blanket on top. *is rather lax when it comes to housework* He never slept (or bathed...) on it before now!
Speaking of my kitty, he created quite a problem for me late last winter. Though I have only myself to blame. Remember the post I made about how Spicer loved to sleep on top of Jake, my printer?? Well...not too long after that post he was snoozing in said place, and I forgot to check if he was there when I hit print. I did glance at Jake before the page came out and saw him, but decided to not pick him up and move him myself b/c he always jumped out of the way in time before. Oops.
Apparently, that particular time, Spicer-kitty's tail was in juuuust the right place for the long hairs (he is a Maine Coon mix) to become wrapped around the top rod in Jake, the rod that propels the printed page forward out of the printer. So the printer began to print, Spicer-kitty's tail was caught, and of course he leaped off in panic..snapping that rod in the procces.
Jake: 0. Spicer-kitty: 1
So even though Jake CAN print without this rod working, and I can grab the printed page and pull it out just fine, the printer registers PAPER JAM and ERROR if that rod doesn't complete its job and pull the paper out for me. Unfortunately, Spicer-kitty snapped the rod flush with a wider rubber portion that grips the paper to propell it out, which makes repairing it very awkward and difficult.
I've been gluing the rod together ever since. First with Superglue, which ended up being too brittle. I switched to Tacky Glue, which b/c of its flexibility lasted much longer....in Texas. In Oregon, however, Tacky Glue never completely dries, even though I place a fan on it and have the printer printing at a high quality and thus slower rate. The glued rod only lasts about 8 pages here, on average. T.T
I cannot replace the rod myself for a variety of reasons, starting with Dell not selling the rod to civilians and ending with how the printer is put together. I need to hire a professional repairman, except I cannot find any. All the websites talk about repair service contracts for companies and account setups other stuff meant for businesses instead of one person's home printer.
*frustrated noise* It REALLY grates on me that this stupid rod is the only thing wrong with Jake. The easiest solution is to just buy a new printer completely. Odds are a repair job on Jake here (even though the stupid rod prolly costs only $10 at most) would be just as much as replacing the entire machine.
Can I PLEASE go back in time and remove Spicer-kitty? PLEEEZE?!?!?!!!
Speaking of my kitty, he created quite a problem for me late last winter. Though I have only myself to blame. Remember the post I made about how Spicer loved to sleep on top of Jake, my printer?? Well...not too long after that post he was snoozing in said place, and I forgot to check if he was there when I hit print. I did glance at Jake before the page came out and saw him, but decided to not pick him up and move him myself b/c he always jumped out of the way in time before. Oops.
Apparently, that particular time, Spicer-kitty's tail was in juuuust the right place for the long hairs (he is a Maine Coon mix) to become wrapped around the top rod in Jake, the rod that propels the printed page forward out of the printer. So the printer began to print, Spicer-kitty's tail was caught, and of course he leaped off in panic..snapping that rod in the procces.
Jake: 0. Spicer-kitty: 1
So even though Jake CAN print without this rod working, and I can grab the printed page and pull it out just fine, the printer registers PAPER JAM and ERROR if that rod doesn't complete its job and pull the paper out for me. Unfortunately, Spicer-kitty snapped the rod flush with a wider rubber portion that grips the paper to propell it out, which makes repairing it very awkward and difficult.
I've been gluing the rod together ever since. First with Superglue, which ended up being too brittle. I switched to Tacky Glue, which b/c of its flexibility lasted much longer....in Texas. In Oregon, however, Tacky Glue never completely dries, even though I place a fan on it and have the printer printing at a high quality and thus slower rate. The glued rod only lasts about 8 pages here, on average. T.T
I cannot replace the rod myself for a variety of reasons, starting with Dell not selling the rod to civilians and ending with how the printer is put together. I need to hire a professional repairman, except I cannot find any. All the websites talk about repair service contracts for companies and account setups other stuff meant for businesses instead of one person's home printer.
*frustrated noise* It REALLY grates on me that this stupid rod is the only thing wrong with Jake. The easiest solution is to just buy a new printer completely. Odds are a repair job on Jake here (even though the stupid rod prolly costs only $10 at most) would be just as much as replacing the entire machine.
Can I PLEASE go back in time and remove Spicer-kitty? PLEEEZE?!?!?!!!