I know I had written that I was going to start with pen and markers however this recent experience has set me on a new path for this entry.
I've dealt with older printers my whole life, ones with wires and heavy tops and easily breakable scanners and such; and they always came with a manual that had most every nuisance that you'd have to deal with when working a printer written down in them. When my family's beloathed Epson kicked the bucket we figured a new printer would be a welcome replacement... We were wrong, and it all began with a slip of paper in the place of a manual that told me "Download our app and we'll give you the instructions there!". I detest having to download apps for machines that can be operated very simply by cables, and even moreso when I have to agree to redundant clauses and long-winded terms that the printer would essentially stalk whatever I would print or scan along with sending me notifications for.. Whatever the hell advertisement Canon wants to shove into my Email (Or text messages I assume.) My only positive experience with this laboratory animal of plastic and metal is that replacing the ink cartridges had been exceedingly simple, and it had printed clearly. Aside from that, it was a nightmare to set up, a nightmare to figure out how it worked, and a nightmare to be sitting at the foot of my desk.
Here is a visual of how my escapades with this wretched thing had gone:
Saga 2: Working the Beast
