Printers are the most poorly designed computer accessory. Misfeeds, jams, lousy toner, expensive cartridges, popup dialog box excuses, flashing lights…repeated problems with little to no feedback. I am yet to own a printer that I didn't want to toss out the window at some point. Am I asking too much for technology to step up and offer a product capable of printing black and white text without blinking? And if an issue crops up, can I have a clear explanation on how to fix it?

In the process of printing an online receipt, my printer spewed page after page of garbled binary characters. I had to pull the paper away from its mouth, because it wasn't slowing down. I want the Toyota Corolla equivalent of a printer: affordable, unsexy, and reliable. This POS has got to go.

I know this rant is old and done, but that's my point. The PC printer should be solved by now.