All summer long Rebel Girl has heard tales of the broken printer in A-200, you know, the workhorse of a printer that serves ALL the faculty in their mousehole offices in A200.
Today she saw it for herself.
Not a pretty sight. The two paper drawers were on the floor and various faculty took turns kneeling in front of the machine as if in prayer.
Even more alarming is the specter of what next Monday, the first day of classes, will be like as, say several dozen faculty members attempt to print out rosters, add cards, syllabi, course material, etc. It's already pretty bad.
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Parts have been on order for some weeks now, she has been told.
Someone volunteered to drive over to Office Depot and pick up whatever parts were necessary. A collection has been taken. We'll keep you posted.
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13 comments:
People can print out their documents at home as needed and just bring them to school with them. That's what I usually do.
There must be another printer they can hook up before next Monday - or even before this week is over.
People have been pretty patient and flexible all summer but we really need to be able to work in our offices.
I don't know why it has taken so long to fix it. It's a real drag. You can't always anticipate what you'll need before you come to campus. I too print out stuff at home but it's not always possible.
It's strange how a little thing like this can really affect many people. I know they have been trying to fix it throughout the summer but perhaps at this point a new machine is in order.
It was up and running for awhile yesterday but the copies were illegible.
Your new printer will be ready and working when you new building gets built.
Until then, take a walk.
It's only 102 outside.
As an adjunct instructor who teaches early morning classes and has no office on campus, I can tell you that the lack of duplicating services at 7 a.m. interferes with instruction.
It's fixed!
It's broken again.
It was fixed, now it's broken.
I'd feel better if they sent out an announcement about what to expect next week.
Or put in a spare considering the pattern of behaviors by this unit.
7:38am Plan ahead
It's fixed!
Now it's down again - and the copier keeps breaking (or there is NO PAPER).
And we can't copy in A-100 because we don't have the proper ID cards.
I cannot print out materials I need to distribute to my classes and even if I could, I can't copy them. Makes for a pretty awful day 2 of class.
and, of course, it is MUCH WORSE for part-timers who teach the MAJORITY of the classes - especially in the evenings. You'd think they'd let us use a-100 without the ID cards (which you can't get in the evening when you come to teach). At least for awhile.
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