March 6, 2008 Archives

Perhaps a bit harsh; but, in this case, true.

About a month or so ago he started to develop some blistering on his foot; more specifically on his big toe. At the time we told him to go and see a Doctor. He ignored us, and it's gradually got worse. Finally, today, he went to see a Doctor.

Too late.

They've told him that it's gangrene. They've taken him into hospital and whilst at first they had said that they were going to put him on antibiotics and see if that helped; it now transpires that they're likely to need to remove his big toe at the very least.

Well, okay, secondhand printer.

The HP Laserjet 4100N that I ordered off eBay arrived this afternoon; almost a week later than I had expected. It was very well packaged although I had to take it apart to ensure that there was no polystyrene pieces stuck inside it. It's actually a 4100 with a jet direct network card installed but that's no major difference. The biggie is that the listing stated it had a duplex unit with it, but it hasn't; again, it's not a major problem because I already had a duplex unit anyway. Suffice to say with the time taken for delivery, the lack of communication and the inaccuracies in the listing I've left neutral feedback.

Anyway, after installing extra memory in it out of my old printer and fiddling with a few of the settings it's up and running fine. I did have a small problem with paper jamming in the duplex unit but changing the paper tray has solved that.