I bought a 25-year-old printer & regret EVERYTHING

I've made a huge mistake and ignored the first rule of vintage computing: NEVER buy an old inkjet printer, especially a 90s Canon. Yet here we are with a BJC-2000 color printer from 1999... in an ideal world this was gonna be a fun romp into Windows 95 Bubble Jet printing, plus a test of the IS-22 scanner cartridge. In reality though, everything about this thing sucks and is awful and that should surprise no one. Least of all me, but whatcha gonna do 🤷‍♂️

● LGR links:

● Download the archived Canon IS Scan floppy disks here:

● Background music is from Epidemic Sound:

00:00 questions
01:43 opinions
06:04 unboxing
08:59 setup
09:34 betrayal
13:08 denial
18:58 anger
25:49 suffering
28:38 acceptance

#lgr #computer #retro #printing #fail

[LGR]

Yes I used a different cable. Three of them, across the three different printers, all bidirectional.
It did not make a difference. These printers are simply _pain._

[kenland]

I was certified to work on Cannon Bubblejet printers back in the late 90s. The training video was a technician field stripping a printer then putting it back together. They were an absolute nightmare. Much more complicated than the HP Inkjet printers. The hilarious part was that at the end of the training video there are a few extra screws sitting on the bench. The tech picks them up, puts them in his pocket and says "Those are what we call Pocket Screws". The video ended at that. Mind you, this was the official Cannon supplied training video.

[jjbass]

I’m 37 and we had this printer in the 90s. The first time my little brother heard my father say “Fuck” was directly because of this infernal device.

[SCMabridged]

This is genuinely the most accurate inkjet printer experience you could ask for.

[lillys]

I love that the chapter names for the video are called; Betrayal, denial, anger, suffering and finally, acceptance

[sisterspike]

What is wrong with us? We all watched this poor man fighting with an old printer. We've all been there. We all know how maddening this is. Yet here we are, watching someone else go through this for entertainment.

[charleshill]

I’ve seen this man rebuild motherboards from the 80’s and bring them back to life.

No man is a match for a 90’s era Inkjet printer.

[andrewgeorgelang]

You actually had a authentic 90's printer experience. We all swore like sailors, banged our heads, yelled, and screamed out loud. Thank you for bringing out my printer PTSD

[AbrahamLure]

Seeing you whisper "I hate you so much" to your printer really sealed the deal of an authentic 90s printer experience.

My mother making growling noises from her room when having to print stuff for my schoolwork in the late 90s suddenly makes a lot more sense..

[stevewithab]

When I worked I.T. as a student at college in 2006, there was an older guy there (who was full time staff) who was a printer WIZARD. He was able to pull them apart, replace individual gears and springs, and get everything moving again. Never had any issues getting them setup on a machine, either. He saved the college tons of money every year by being able to do repairs that manufacturers or other shops wouldn't or couldn't do. Miss ya, Gary.

[billyb]

Fun Fact: I've been buying printers for 30 years, and I've regretted every single one of them.

[mazterjedijedicouncil]

Hey Clint, I worked at the Canon call center in Chesapeake, VA back in the late 90s for a couple of years. Watching this video was a gleefully painful trip to the past. You dealt with so many issues that I walked people thru over the phone. Lots of memories were brought back of long boring shifts. Lots of knowledge that I was quite disappointed to realize I remember and yet my brain still allowed it happen. I really enjoyed this one, thanks a ton!

[SekritJay]

Man said "25 years" then "1999" and then I fell on the floor, sobbing in agony

[rzeka]

Every printer needs to have a "Yes, I installed the ink cartridges and paper correctly and there is no jam, your sensors are just wrong" button.

[theantipope]

Former Canon service tech here: The difference between a bubblejet & an inkjet is the method used to eject the drops of ink from the print head. Canon's patented technique is to use a tiny resistive heater to vapourise the ink, creating an expanding bubble that throws a drop of ink at the paper, whereas a regular ink jet uses a piezo-electric element to squeeze out a drop of ink at the paper. Because resistive elements can be made smaller than piezo elements, a bubblejet can do a resolution of 360 DPI, while a piezo inkjet can 'only' do 300 DPI resolution.
You would think that bubblejet tech would be more reliable because the ejection system is simpler & has no moving parts, but at least in my years of experience, BJ printers were very prone to clogged jets.

[DanielBrotherston]

"Never buy an old ink jet printer."

Isn't that just a more specific version of the "never buy an inkjet printer" standard.

[NotJustBikes]

I look forward to watching the LGR Birds livestream one day and seeing Clint re-enacting the printer scene from "Office Space" in the background.

[davidsteensma]

I love that the largest video sections are entitled "betrayal", "denial", "anger" and "suffering"

[rokero]

This piece of garbage wasn't good even 25 years ago, imagine today...

[MiniArts]

Age has nothing to do with it.
"I bought a printer [ . . . ] & regret EVERYTHING" is a valid statement in any era.