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Does this make me an official furry artist?
19 years ago
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Guaranteed to put you to sleep faster than Ben Stein reading the periodical table of elements!
Soo it looks like I can finally join the round of people who say "my scanner broke" = P
The light arm went out, which I'm assuming it did so because of the million and one sketches I scanned for my art LJ, since it hasn't worked since then. Bah. If it were ANY other issue I could take it apart and fix it myself (Like I've had to do countless times on the POS, lol) but that's irrepairable except by manufacturer, especially since the bulbs have mercury in them ::rolls her eyes::
This won't stop me from doing art, as I can take pictures of my sketches with my digital camera, BUT it does keep the pictures from being completely accurate, which means I can't work on any comic pages until I've got a new one, AND it means my art will irritate me because I'll see the infestimal details of the perspective being skewed, which throws -everything- off proportionally
Scanners are pieces of crap in general, they break so easy it's ridiculous. The epson I had broke the first month I got it, and I used up my service plan at Best Buy getting it replaced, so no more service plan where I can just bring it in and say "the light broke" and use the SP to get a new one. Dang the system! And dang me, because I used to work there so I should have known better and bought ANOTHER service plan at the time. Then again, it's been enough time that I bet the service plan would have expired by now even had I re-bought it. If I still worked there, I could cheat, but I don't. Bah.
Of course, I didn't think that was a big deal, because I have two other scanners in storage, but Lo and Behold when I get them out and hook them up, they're broken too *grumble,mumble,grumble* That on top of my son being sick all week has put me in a foul disposition.
The light arm went out, which I'm assuming it did so because of the million and one sketches I scanned for my art LJ, since it hasn't worked since then. Bah. If it were ANY other issue I could take it apart and fix it myself (Like I've had to do countless times on the POS, lol) but that's irrepairable except by manufacturer, especially since the bulbs have mercury in them ::rolls her eyes::
This won't stop me from doing art, as I can take pictures of my sketches with my digital camera, BUT it does keep the pictures from being completely accurate, which means I can't work on any comic pages until I've got a new one, AND it means my art will irritate me because I'll see the infestimal details of the perspective being skewed, which throws -everything- off proportionally
Scanners are pieces of crap in general, they break so easy it's ridiculous. The epson I had broke the first month I got it, and I used up my service plan at Best Buy getting it replaced, so no more service plan where I can just bring it in and say "the light broke" and use the SP to get a new one. Dang the system! And dang me, because I used to work there so I should have known better and bought ANOTHER service plan at the time. Then again, it's been enough time that I bet the service plan would have expired by now even had I re-bought it. If I still worked there, I could cheat, but I don't. Bah.
Of course, I didn't think that was a big deal, because I have two other scanners in storage, but Lo and Behold when I get them out and hook them up, they're broken too *grumble,mumble,grumble* That on top of my son being sick all week has put me in a foul disposition.
Besides, I need to give your shoes back!
No really. It was smoking and popping and generally making a big fuss as it died. XD
Awhh hope everything goes well for you though! I've been using my friends these past few years XD
Hahaha, omgosh I would have paid to see you flapping around while a scanner was happily burning itself to the ground XD
If that had happened to me, I would have been squealing and beating at it with a broom, lol..mine dying was far less dramatic, I turned it off then it just failed to work the next time I switched it on XD
Aww - I hope the Little Guy's doing better..!
Five years is a good time for HP to last, but Epson always has bigger DPI
I was suprised too...Since I never use more than 300dpi,She(and new CANON) serve me pretty well..!;)
thank you.
>^..^<
*shakes head*
"no, wait.... where you going? Did I say I didn't like it?"
>^..^<
(I'm on now.)
But tablets are dreaded for me, I much prefer using a mouse