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Work Rant - we have a photocopier/fax machine that we just bought. There is no need for it to be networked. When we try to network it, it freezes and

Posted by Halloween Candie (aka Andie) Oct 30 '08, 14:21

crashes and then takes 3 people to get it running again.

my comment: "Let's stop trying to network it. It doesn't need to be networked But it DOES need to be able to copy. Let's just leave it."

The 3 men in my office "but it's SUPPOSED to be able to be on the network, we MUST do it."

dudes, i get that. but can we work on it when i DON'T need to copy a million different pages???
Thanks!

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Sounds like a bad Jet-Direct card -- nm - Scorpion Oct 30, 15:01
Let me guess: Lexmark. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 14:21 11
- Actually I like Lexmarks, had really good success. - Subversive Oct 30, 14:23 1
  - Word to the IM. (However, I had a bad experience with a Lexmark in ~2000, forever ruining the brand IMO) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 14:24
- hp. -- nm - Halloween Candie Oct 30, 14:22 8
  - o rly? Usually they network flawlessly and only need to have their settings touched once a decade. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 14:22 7
    - HP copier + fax means it isn't one of the nice ones - kilboooo Oct 30, 14:30 6
      - it's small office - way too big for home. it does everything, print, scan, fax, copy, blah blah blah. right now i just NEED A COPIER! -- nm - Halloween Candie Oct 30, 14:31 5
        
        scan and print! -- nm - kilboooo Oct 30, 14:33 1
        
        i am NOT scanning 57 individual pages. -- nm - Halloween Candie Oct 30, 14:34
        
        this - not that anyone would care: -- (link) - Halloween Candie Oct 30, 14:32 2
        
        yeah. I hate those kinds of devices. Copiers should be copiers - kilboooo Oct 30, 14:34 1
        
        we have a separate scanner and a separate printer, it will really only be used to fax/copy. -- nm - Halloween Candie Oct 30, 14:34

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