We all operate better when we are full !

Hello again,

Its been incredably busy here over the last week and hence no posts, but now I have a minute and have caught breath I am hitting the keyboard. This last week has been so busy that at times I have felt rarther depleted, empty of enthusiasm and go! (and this is Monday morning), a feeling that we all get from time to time.

In my previous employment as a racing car engine builder I learnt that machines behave like people some times, my laser printer cetainly seems to have a personality of its own at times. It can be addmitted here that we used to talk to engines and ask them not to play up. Any one who has done the job may or may admit to this, depending on the company prescent.

My first job this morning was to print off the web site orders from the weekend, I opened up google and went to my site, highlited the new orders and hit the print button. Well ok right clicked my mouse over the print Icon. The result? a lot of flashing lights and noise but no printed orders. Now if you follow this Blog you will have gatherd that printers flashing lights at me is not one of my favourite pastimes. "What is up Now" I cried (more in frustration than amazement, it is Monday morning remember), It then dawned on me that the printer wanted a new ink cartridge, Yellow in this case. On replacing the Yellow cartridge all was restored to normality, which brings me to the point of this story.

No printer that I know of will work without a full set of cartridges, even if you do not want to print anything in the colour of the empty cartridge. It does not matter wether your printer has 6 individual cartridges or 1 black & 1 colour. The printer has to register that it is full of ink before it will print.

Think about it "Do you want ot do any work when you feel empty/ hungry?" no, you do not and neither does your printer.