From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/11/2023 9:31 AM, Amanda Riphnykhazova wrote:   
   > You are absolutely right: The strip ends in two rounded forks. They were   
   obviously joined at the end. Looking at the new one, there was originally a   
   lengthened hole at the end to hook (a spring) onto.  The bit of transparent   
   end piece that went across    
   the two forks is still in there somewhere.   
   >   
   > Now I have to determine whether to order a new strip for ten bucks.  This is   
   a machine that was just given to me, presumably because it didn't work, what   
   with a broken encoding strip in there! It looks easy to install but very   
   difficult to get to.   
   >   
   > This unit has a dreadful reputation for reliability and for giving endless   
   stupid error messages instead of working properly. And HP's tech support (or   
   lack thereof) shows me that the manufacturer won't stand behind his product.    
   Does anyone think    
   doing all this work to get this thing working is worth the bother? Am I   
   setting myself up for a lifetime of endless stupid error messages? To add   
   insult to injury, I was given this while throwing away a hitherto reliable   
   Canon MX860:   which that    
   manufacturer WOULD stand behind and which always worked properly until it   
   started to give out B200 ("This unit has died") error messages   
      
   There are lots of older printers offered free when people update windows   
   and cannot get it to work on the printer. So if you are using windows 8   
   or earlier, or are good at messing with OS problems, you should be able   
   to find a working printer. I currently have 2 HP all-in-ones, a B&W   
   (M1212NF) and a color one (MFP M177fw) on my network, and a Brother   
   all-in-one as a backup. Both work with my wife's Windows 10 computer   
   after some fiddling.   
      
   Freecycle has been my source for most, but Craigslist also has them in   
   their "Free" category often.   
      
   I haven't paid for "ink" for printing in years, but use them infrequently.   
      
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