Ever had one of those days, when you have to print out a gazillion reports and just when you hit print, sparks fly, the lights dim and NORAD central in Colorado suddenly gets an alert that a nuclear launch is imminent and it was just really your printer going down for the count? Yes, I’ve had a day like that, and it’s a wonder how I managed to survive it without being nuked by the US. But how you say? How did I manage to stop the Cuban Missile Crisis 2012 edition? Why the friendly folks at Alberta Printer of course! Based in a warehouse bay, the place is filled with printers of all sorts and models, laser printers, ink-jet printers, those huge plotters used by architectual and engineering firms and accessories of all sorts. There are plenty of brand new models, but also a neat little area of refurbished printers which have been given new life and reconditioned with new drums, parts and the like. They took in my poor wounded near-nuclear war starting child and checked it out over a few days, all the while loaning me a not bad laser one for a few bucks to tide me over. I’ve gotten the printer back now, and NORAD has stood down, assured that I’m not a terrorist trying to destroy the free world, just trying to print in one. There’s going to be a small fee that mandatory for the initial check to see what was wrong, but it’s absorbed into the final bill if you decide to get it done(they give you an estimate). And most importantly, there’s financing if you want to get a new one(which I’m sorely tempted to). Besides the In-House service, they also have an on-the-road service as well apparently, which I can see being popular with businesses and the like who can’t spare the time and manpower to drop off the printer. Overall, it cost me a few bucks, but I can print again! The gods of productivity above now smile at me and I can get through the next day unmolested by unearthly levels of gamma radiation! # 13 of Unilocal’s 30-Day Review Challenge