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Installing The New Equipment in the Writer’s Office

by Anne Wayman on June 19th, 2008

So about 8:30 I come home with a brand new HP OfficeJet j5780 which I got from my nearby Staples. It’s cool; it’s small, it has a sheet feeder and a pretty small footprint… smaller than the one it replaced.

I’d forgotten the goat dance that goes on when you get new equipment.

First, there’s the unpacking. Then there’s taking all the shipping tape off. HP knows I won’t read a manual to start so provides a big sheet with drawings of what I’m supposed to do… which works pretty well until I get to the USB cable.

The software kept saying I hadn’t plugged in the USB cable… and I could see it… until I traced it back. Sure enough, the one I’d plugged into the printer was… well, I don’t know… it’s horridly long and I know I used it in the studio for the printer, but what it was doing where it was in the new office is anyone’s guess. It’s now put away properly and the right cable is plugged in, the software installed, etc. etc. etc.

The time is now four minutes after noon. Okay, I didn’t spend all that time on the printer, but nearly! I also got part of the office rearranged and some of the mess made by others with the new electric lines… whew. I’m ready for lunch!

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