Growing up we imagined what the future would be like. Shows like The Jetsons sure did stretch our imaginations of the future! Likely, you imagined things like flying cars, hover boards, and a robot just like Rosie from The Jetsons. Too bad we don’t have any of those things yet to help make everyday life a little easier. Instead, we’re adults now working in busy offices and trying to stay on top of the everyday functions of our jobs. We may be years away from technology like Rosie, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t services to make your day-to-day life in the office a little easier.

With the holidays quickly approaching, many people are looking forward to Black Friday sales and celebrating time with family. But December is also a great time for businesses to shop as well. We’re here to talk about a really good reason to take a look at upgrading your business’s office technology this holiday season.

Straight from our Service Gurus at SumnerOne, here are some of the frequently-encountered ways that your printer driver might add to your Printer Mayhem troubles:

One of the most delicate parts of an IT professional’s job is negotiating with users who want to buy their own IT tools, like peripherals or a one-off software package (their justification: it’s on their own department’s budget, so, you know, FREEDOM). A desktop printer is often one of those items that gets snapped up on a trip to the Office Supply store (“it was soooo cheap!”) and once one pops up, they can manage to proliferate like Gremlins under bright light.

We recently wrote about the mayhem caused by having a mixed bag of printer makes and models in your workplace. A big part of that mayhem can be sourcing ink and toner cartridges. With that being said, is there a solution for this mayhem or are we simply doomed to continue the madness with printer ink and toner? 

As technology has improved, the relationship between a sheet of 8 ½ by 11” paper and the mechanical guts of a printer has become more and more like an old married couple. Most days, they get along beautifully and there isn’t a single concern or disruption as they go through their daily routines together.

Thanks to a well-known car insurance company, we all know that “mayhem” can wreak havoc on the roadways. But, just like getting stuck trying to change a tire in a heavy rainstorm, you can get stuck bending over a printer, trying to change out an ink cartridge, jiggling the USB cable of a non-networked printer that won’t print, or yanking out a paper jam…and then that paper jam turns out to be a co-worker’s birthday party invitation for their kid.