Lexmark - printer or bad sales man.

A couple years ago I was working at home for a few days and needed a printer in a hurry.  So I went down to PC world.  Man that place is depressing!  When I asked the guy if the printer was supported for Windows Server his eyes just seemed to glaze over.

Ended up with a Lexmark of some sort.  I have owned a Lexmark before and vowed never to buy anything not made by HP again – but you know how sometimes you think – how bad can it be.  Also, it was cheap.

Well – the printer itself has actually been OK.  But, from the first day I’ve used it the software has done nothing but tell me I need new ink.  It was practically the first thing it said!

I hate printer software that tries to take over your PC.  All I want is the driver.

Earlier this year, after 18 months or so, I was finally lured to pressing the “order more ink” button.  It gave me a list of vendors to buy from but when I clicked on any of them it did not work.  Pathetic.

So today – when I needed to print something – it finally ran out.  Two years after telling me to buy more.

20 minutes later in the office the HP LaserJet that I bought about 6 years ago printed out perfectly fine and did not try to sell me anything.