Real job · Printer set-up
A printer replaced and set up, where it lives
An old inkjet swapped for a new Epson, unboxed, inks fitted, put on the Wi-Fi and printing from the computer it serves, under the desk where it lives.
The photographs
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Real job · not stockThe old printer, and the new one in its box. -
Real job · not stockUnboxed: the lead, the inks and the paperwork. -
Real job · not stockNew beside old, before the tape came off. -
Real job · not stockThe four set-up cartridges seated. -
Real job · not stockThe first print, done. -
Real job · not stockIn its place under the desk, printing from the computer it serves.
The job
What happened.
An older inkjet had reached the point where a new printer made more sense than another round of coaxing it along. The customer had a new Epson Expression Home, still boxed. The job was to swap it in and leave it working from the computer and the phone it would be used from, in the room it would live in.
A printer that works on a bench is no use to anyone back in the spare room, so that is where it was set up: unboxed, the protective tape off, the four set-up cartridges fitted, the first initialisation run (the printer takes a few minutes charging its ink lines, and the screen says not to switch it off), then on to the home Wi-Fi so the computer could find it without a cable.
A test page confirmed it, the old printer was moved out of the way, and the new one took its place on the shelf under the desk.
What we did
- Unboxed the new printer and fitted the four set-up ink cartridges.
- Ran the first initialisation, which charges the ink lines and takes a few minutes.
- Connected the printer to the home Wi-Fi and added it to the computer.
- Printed a test page from the computer to prove it, then set the printer in its place under the desk.
Why it was worth doing
A set-up like this is the smallest kind of job we do, and it starts from the call-out. Doing it in the room the printer lives in is the point: the Wi-Fi it needs, the computer that prints to it and the desk it sits under are all there, and the customer watches it work before we leave.
What it costs: a job like this starts from the £50 call-out, which is the first £50 of the job, and you get one fixed quote before any work. How pricing works, and how you pay.