Yes, Mudcat being down for many hours does manifest in a feeling of withdrawal. I found myself saving things to post later in the various threads.

The new printer has been installed in an office that has gone through a major reorganization. The furniture was rearranged to accommodate the addition of one more device that has to sit where the USB cord can reach the old computer and the power cord can reach the power supply. It's also on the network (note to self: change the password, the serial number was really difficult to get to work in the system). I've test printed a past year's holiday letter, and it looks good. To look great I'll have to use a coated stock, and that's easily enough done (and there are lots of online paper suppliers who are far more affordable than the brick and mortar office supply stores).

Progress. Now (tomorrow is soon enough) to finish installing a couple of other devices that will contribute to this color printing initiative.