I have had the same simple printer for about ten years. It pretty much meets all my needs. I did like my old one better. It printed excellent photos on glossy paper.

This one, I use to print out the NY Tims crossword every morning and my church service leaflet every Sunday. That’s about it.

Recently, I wasn’t getting good, clean copies, so I pressed the head-cleaner maintenance option. I got an ominous message saying that printing would not be available until I replaced the maintenance box. It was full.

I had never heard of a maintenance box.

I was clueless. Who new the after ten years and running the maintenance option about once a year I would need to empty the trash, so to speak.

But, of course, you cannot do that. You must buy a new maintenance box.

I researched this online and was able to order his esoteric box, to be delivered the following day.

Indeed it was. It even came with pictorial instructions and included a screwdriver and a plastic ziplock to put the messy old box in.

I did this, but not without first getting black smudge all over my hands.

Right as rain, printing resumed. Learn something new every day.