h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I keep meaning to buy a printer, and I keep forgetting.
My old printer don't like to print at all. It likes to smudge.

An inkjet then. We had a few problems with one ourselves.

Inkjets, in fact all printers are bad things. I try to never print out anything ever.

We have to pay for printouts from the uni computers so I try to avoid it like the plague.

At the beginning of the year I had 200 printer credits (free). I still have 177. I only use them for printing stuff to hand in.

Me too but we still have to pay for every sheet, and more for the first one, or colour, or acetate.

I've not met any colour ITS printers yet. I imagine there must be, though.

I've a feeling that by the time I get around to a dissertation or major project work, I will have to buy a computeer and printer myself. It would be cheaper than printing out a couple of copies of the assignment.

How much do they charge you? Ours are 5p per sheet in the event that your credits run out.

Hmmm... *scowls violently* Some people take things a little too far...

8p for the first sheet and 7p for each following one in the library.

There is a printer in the management labs for free but I can't figure out how to access my work.

In the event that I'm organised and go to the physics department, I have to use a floppy disk... for some reason they aren't networked yet apparently have internet access
8p is expensive, though. They must make a profit, given that people need hardcopies for their assignments etc.

That could be a problem.

I can get in but can't access the programs such as word so I can't even do any work, let alone print it out.

That's very bad.

I'll just have to figure it out at some stage this semester.

And theres the 'semester' word again. Is Durham the only place to have an Epiphany term?

No, but I think it's very rare to find one...

I think there are a few places still, but semesters mean we only have to sit two seets of exams all year for our modules