I consider myself a reasonably patient person, but I have simply reached my limit this morning with my only remaining HP PSC-2210 all- in-one printer!!
It is perhaps the biggest piece of shit HP has EVER manufacturered. I used to own (3) of them at one time, but this is the only one left
-- and even now, the ONLY thing I can use it for is for scanning. (Trying to print, fax or copy with it will just give you ulcers.)
Over the course of the past year - it has re-installed itself on my PC eleven times! -- without any intervention from me! So, even though I only have one scanner attached, I get to choose from a list of 11, 10 of which won't work and you can't even uninstall them. The driver software was probably written by a kindergartener.
Now of course, the scanner doesn't want to scan anymore. I've verified that if the first pixel of the scan is black (or very nearly black), the software bombs out. Like I said - a true piece of shit.!!!
So -- I've reached the limit of what I am prepared to put up with. I can afford a real scanner. This all-in-one must die, and it will die soon.
I was thinking of an Egyptian burial, maybe dig a hole in the back yard, throw in some dried up printer cartridges -- that sort of thing. Any thoughts?
In the spirit of Office Space (movie), I'm prepared to YouTube it if anybody can come up with a truly horrible end for this device. (I cannot in good conscience give it away...)
Oh, and by the way, I should probably just mention that HP bounced a $100 rebate check for one of these all-in-ones, but possibly not this particular unit. I've still got the bounced rebate check (and of course HP could care less.) My next scanner WILL NOT be anything made by HP.