Hardware Support

Sometimes I hate being a software specialist. Really. I get hardware problems, and have difficulty dealing with them. Take, for example, my Epson C20SX printer, which stopped working correctly due to the nozzels on the print head being blocked. That should be an easy fix - I'll take it to the place I bought it, who happen to be registered Epson repair people, and get them to sort it out for me.

I got a phone call yesterday... "Hello Mr. Caddy, I'm phoning about your printer. I've cleaned all the dirt and hair from your printer, however, it appears one of your print head nozzels appears to be blocked."

TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW!

Seems that a new print head plus labour will cost more than a new printer, so I might go down that line. On the other hand, these things are known to solve themselves with a bit of use. We'll see.

Similar problems at the hospital radio station. I'm very aware that the set up in studio 2 is well past its best. The aux PFL system is absolutely knackered, most of the gain pots scratch - not through dirt - they're just knackered. Matt seems to be repeatedly complaining about the monitor speakers crackling. I think what he's getting at is the amp's inability to deal with sudden level rises, which results in some signal distortion. It's not really a crackle, but I guess it could be described that way. Any way, the engineer denies all knowledge of this, and can't reproduce the fault. I think I can, but it's not easy. I guess the best solution is to rip it out and start again, possibly with a new studio engineer. Having a deaf studio engineer is always entertaining.

Could only manage 24 lengths while swimming this morning... just a bit tired I guess.