Because I’ll start playing with it.
The only thing that prevented my coworker from winding up with memory channels named after colorful air-entrained car wash products is that I really didn’t like that touchscreen user interface. A+ for cleverness though. I’ve heard the Yaesu System Fusion digital mode on these radios works very well and sounds great.
What if…
This year has actually just been the result of the universe shitposting loudly?
Marshall Electronics makes some nice rack mounted monitors that are paired to
the
freaking
worst
power supplies ever.
You haven’t lived till you’ve had a power supply urinate in your hand as you unplug it.
The good thing is, it’s just +12VDC. Easy to find a better power supply and attach the power cord to it. In some cases you can also get in there and recap these but this one’s done, it got pissbombed.
This poster graced a wall at the West Dade Regional Library for years when I lived near there, and it’s totally fabulous. I am glad I finally found an image of it online.
Metric is great though. Seriously. Especially if you’re as derpy as I am with math.
Hurrgfhhhbblbblllvlvllllbbbllbllluuhhh
Yeah uh the machine smelled like death and was drooling and the guy insisted there was no problem. Miami Quality
Gurrrbbllg jk jgnnv hi k SD ggb mk s GH k fee try urr DC jjgg
Hey at least with Pidgey they’re easy to evolve for XP….
Okay you can stop reminding us about the broken roof cam …
And now, on the Very Secret Life of Machines….
Here’s a look at a very curious mystery on a Brother MFC-J435W. On this printer the ink cartridges are loaded at the front panel and a set of small (silicone?) hoses carry the ink to the print heads.
This is what they’re supposed to look like. The printer was brought to my desk after a new set of cartridges were loaded and it only printed black. I didn’t get a photo of it but the ink lines were totally empty…??!!
So how do you prime the lines? Well, Brother thought of that. The rubber cap that seals the printhead when not in use is connected to a vacuum pump.
The cap and squeegee blade used to wipe the head are visible at the end.
Triggering the clean cycle over and over finally primed the lines and the color output slowly returned.
So I’ll answer this mystery: What does an inkjet cleaning cycle do? Well, first off, the printhead periodically moves to an ink toilet off to the side and wastes some ink to keep the ink in the passages fresh. This is audible as a soft high pitched (about 5000 Hz usually) tone.
Second, a squeegee is moved into the printhead’s path and it’s wiped clean of any dried or accumulated ink. This is typically done during print jobs as well and can be heard as one or more clicks.
Third, during manually initiated cleaning or priming cycles or after installing new cartridges or printheads, the printer uses the big suck to prime the ink feed system.
This vacuum pump isn’t present in all printers. Generally if your printer uses cartridges where the printhead’s changed along with the cartridge, it isn’t present or needed, and if your printer has permanent heads (Epson) or uses tubes like this one, a priming pump is used.
Long ago NeXT made inkjet printers that even had vacuum switches so it could confirm when the ink was primed and fix it if not. Most ain’t that fancy.
So if your printer drops a color, look for these clear tubes – they shouldn’t be!! If the vacuum pump isn’t doing its job, make the printer move its head then cut the power while it’s uncapped. Clean the cap/vacuum with a wet paper towel or cotton swabs. The ink will stain fabric and skin. You were warned. Power back up and see if it’s happier.
Only major gotcha here– repriming the color ink lines consumed a full cartridge!
Oh well– not MY printer…
Now he’s got the Greenie and the #0 Phillips.
He looks so pleased.
Second time finding lost shoes in the newsroom….
At least this time it’s a pair. It kinda makes sense
Kinda
In that “oh, that’s just the Bermuda Triangle in force” way