Given a few sensors and user-provided offsets, I do not see how hard it is to align something on a page correctly with only 1 pt. error any way (note: 1 pt. = 1/72 inch). A month or so ago, I offered to burn some DVDs of all the pictures and video I took during orientation. It is a 3-DVD set, and I decided to go all-out on it with DVD labels and covers. It is simply incredible that it prints off by as much as half an inch! Even after correcting for the printer’s errors with my ruler, I obtain a defect rate of at least 50%. If I were to fail at half the tasks I was given, I would surely be unable to even get a high school, part-time level job.
I do not know how to write printer drivers, but I know that it will be a while before HP will see a dime from me again. Don’t be surprised if I take this printer down Office Space-style. I take that back… maybe I do something more civil and EE-like: Take the entire printer apart. Either way, it really deserves to rest in pieces.
