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posted by janrinok on Thursday November 28 2019, @04:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the can-it-print-money? dept.

Irish parliament counts cost of €1m printer error

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50563977

An inquiry has begun into how staff at the Irish parliament spent more than €1m (£857,000) on a printer that was too big to fit into the building.

The printer, measuring 2.1m (6ft 8in) high and 1.9m (6ft 2 in) wide, was bought last year at a cost of €808,000.

When officials realised it would not fit, they spent an additional €236,000 tearing down walls and embedding structural steel to house the machine.

The printer was placed in storage at a cost of €2,000 a month during the work.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/works-of-at-least-230-000-required-to-fit-printer-in-oireachtas-1.4092366

Irish Govt Blows €1M On Mega-Printer Too Big For Parliament's Doors

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Officials failed to ensure there was at least 3.1 metres in height clearance to get the thing in, according to the Irish Times. In reality, there just wasn't enough space. The state-of-the-art printer is described in press reports as being 2.1 metres high and 1.9 metres wide, so either there's confusion over the measurements or you need more than 3 metres to negotiate it in.

By the time the government realized its mistake, it was too late to return the printer as the contract had already been signed. So instead, officials had to "tear down walls and embed structural steel" to fit the contraption, according to RTE on Tuesday.

But that’s not the only havoc the printer has caused. Some employees are refusing to be trained on how to use the machine, sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the government in a bid to negotiate a pay rise for using the new equipment.

What’s more, the IT department is hesitant to grant access to the printer, making it difficult to print documents from official government computers.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 29 2019, @12:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 29 2019, @12:40AM (#925821)

    no, they asked for the best printer in the market and they got this... now they will be printing some porn, dick pics (to send to other party guys?! or maybe not!?) and of course, the main use for the printer, print tweets and facebook posts, as computers are complex, it s always better to read it in paper!