I’m shopping for a new printer. Mine has developed a disturbing tendency to have paper jams and it give me error messages even when it’s printing fine. But as I scrolled looking at new models, I had a throwback thought to my first printer – which was dot matrix.
Ah the good old days! My first printer was actually more of a typewriter than what we would call a printer now. It had a full keyboard that I typed my work into and then you could review line by line on a little screen before you hit the print button. I’m not sure it was cutting edge tech when I bought it but I really loved it at the time. It was smaller than a typewriter and I could print as many copies of the last document I typed as I liked. Makes me giggle now!
I think it’s fun to look back at the tech I thought was so cool when it came out. That first printer? My first cell phone? My Palm Pilot? All of them are funny to think about now. And what about software? I’m REALLY glad I’m not using Word Perfect anymore! Or dial up internet!
Do you think the day will come that I’ll be laughing about my HP Envy printer? Because right now, it’s just frustrating! Let me know if you have a recommendation for a good home printer in the comments please?
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