That screech you heard

[bill_schubert]

Was my brakes testing my printer with the new Chrome computer.  My printer is not one of those that works with Chrome.  Never occurred to me.  Even a bit.  Turns out the list of Chrome compatible printers is pretty short.  And the ones I've seen so far are color (don't need it and don't want to pay for it) and pushing for subcription service for toner, et al.  I was using my printer quite a bit when I was working with the Ranch.  I'd print out the dog walking check list for each day.  Now I'm not doing that I hardly use it at all but I still need one.  Just barely.  But I can't see not having one.  Black and white laser is what I love.  Cheap by the page and reliable.  And Brother is the printer I've been using forever.  For good reason.  I'll figure something out.  The OS lists three Brother printers as being compatible two of which have been discontinued by Brother.  

Just an annoyance.  Someone may want my printer current printer.  It has about a year left of toner for the average user and I just replaced the guts of it.

Meanwhile Dana's incision is still a bit of an issue.  I raised hell in Scott and White and we're getting some attention now.  Her Ortho refuses to discuss that the incision might be infected and it is really hard to get someone to do the kind of standard thing which would be a second opinion.  I finally got our primary care doc to help get a referral to the infectious disease specialty but that's not until the end of the month and I'm not sure we want to wait that long.  The home care nurse things she might have cellulitis or some other infection which, in her case, would be a huge issue left untreated.  After having told us overnight that there is no problem now the Ortho wants us to make an appointment.  He heard my banging on the table, I think.  My take is that he's not up to it.  

We might also go outside the system we use and get another opinion.  It is not easy to do that but I think it is worthwhile.

My day has been a bit frustrating so far.  But it will be better. 

Comments

[susandennis]

I have a color inkjet printer (Brother) that is simply a wireless stand alone printer and it works fine with the Chromebook/phone/etc. BUT it is not listed as working with chromebook which I never bothered to check until I read your entry. Wild. You might expand your search to works with phone. any printer that works with phone will work with Chromebook.

Hope your day gets better!

[susandennis]

OR... Brother's phone printer app is pretty good. Maybe reset your printer to factory default and then try to access it via phone app and set it up that way. Once it's set up that away, Chromebook/box will be very happy with it. As long as it's not wired to anything except electricity, you should be fine. I use the phone app for things like scanning/copying and, have even used it to actually print.

[siglinde999]

That infection sounds quite concerning. I hope Dana is able to get the answers and treatment she needs before things get any worse.