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[–]Zhabba_Zheeba 345 points346 points ago

As someone who has fought Epson printers in mortal combat and have lost most times, I had a very hearty chuckle at this image.

[–]laurelvirginias 78 points79 points ago

Finish Him! K.O.

[–]dbe 297 points298 points ago

PRINTALITY

[–]Short_stuff 128 points129 points ago

[–]mylescox 53 points54 points ago

My favorite smell is the smell of burning printers.

[–]centralcontrol 38 points39 points ago

in the morning?

[–]DELTATKG 17 points18 points ago

The only proper way to start the day.

[–]iamthejae 30 points31 points ago

the best part of waking up, is the printer you F***'d up

[–]ThemDangVidyaGames 1 point2 points ago

Anytime.

[–]SpecialOops 8 points9 points ago

You can truly only smell this aroma once, afterwards your sense of smell just isn't the same anymore.

[–]zeroes0 1 point2 points ago

A word of warning... http://xkcd.com/750/

[–]MBSquared 15 points16 points ago

That's such a satisfying photo.

[–]AnswerAwake 2 points3 points ago

Why would you burn that printer? That particular HP printer was a workhorse! And it had GINORMOUS cartridges. The B&W cartridge was essentially a large plastic bag encased in metal! It held 15ml at least. You'd be lucky to get 5ml in todays shitbox printers.

[–]jeewee 1 point2 points ago

Thats actually an HP printer, I find your lack of factuality offensive.

[–]dstrichit 52 points53 points ago

PC Load Letter? the FUCK does that mean?

[–]Void_Karma 13 points14 points ago

For every time this reference is made, there is at least one who doesn't catch it. Bravo, sir.

[–]interputed 1 point2 points ago

WHEN A MAAAAAAAN LOVES A WOOOOOOMAN!

[–]nom_trees 1 point2 points ago

Back up in your ass with the resurrection.

[–]Nexusmaxis 4 points5 points ago

"PC" is a two-character abbreviation that stands for "paper cassette", the tray which holds blank paper for the printer to use. These two-character codes are a legacy feature carried over from the first LaserJet printers, which could only use a two-character display for all printer status and error messages. "Load", in this context, is an instruction to refill the paper tray. "Letter" is the standard paper size used in the United States and Canada. Thus, the error is instructing the user to refill the paper tray with letter-sized paper. A variant is "PC LOAD LEGAL", meaning that the printer requires paper, size legal, be loaded.

[–]fireinthesky7 12 points13 points ago

I should have gone with Canon. My Stylus Photo 1400 keeps leaving random blots and streaks all over anything I print. Functionally, it's pretty much bricked.

[–]Kunkletown 11 points12 points ago

I'm pretty sure that all low end consumer inkjet printers are just crap in one way or another.

[–]argosreality 1 point2 points ago

The 1400 isn't really a low end machine. It's an entry level prosumer wide format photo printer and sounds like he has a busted printhead which...well...arent replaceable on epsons. atleast not easily

[–]arojay 23 points24 points ago

I had an Epson NX515. After about 6 months it refused to print black anymore. One day I needed to print something and a relative said they had an extra printer at home I could borrow. They bring it over... and it's another Epson NX515. I hook it up and what do you know? It won't print black correctly either.

Turns out if you don't print almost constantly, these printers are well known for the jets clogging and turning completely useless. Oh, and if you ever power it off and back on, it blows through about 20% of each cartridge's ink supply "recharging".

Epson? Never again.

[–]galileofan 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, and don't even think of using an aftermarket cartridge in one. I learned that the hard way.

[–]fuckshitwank 1 point2 points ago

Love my Epson R300. Has served me faithfully for several years.

The nozzles gunk up if you leave them for a while. 'Slife.

[–]NorthStarTX 2 points3 points ago

That's not life, that's poor design. I use a printer once every few months at the most, I shouldn't have to buy a new one every time I do.

[–]stillnotking 32 points33 points ago

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

[–]stephenmario 9 points10 points ago

[–]snocones 6 points7 points ago

Brother printers are the same way. Worst brother ever.

[–]Kartikaya 1 point2 points ago

I have a higher end Brother printer, works fine for about two years now. It just depends on the model.

[–]Nexusmaxis 1 point2 points ago

"Welcome to your new life in hell, IT Employee!" -Epson

[–]SlugsOnToast 485 points486 points ago

And now you're out of ink.

[–]kingbinji 268 points269 points ago

the last and only epson piece of shit printer i ever owned wouldn't let me print a black and white word document because my COLOR cartridge was empty despite having a full black ink cartridge

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[–]shrididdy 93 points94 points ago

Xerox multi-function. Couldn't make a copy because network connection wasn't detected.

[–]MasterShake718 112 points113 points ago

You must construct additional pylons!

[–]Short_stuff 72 points73 points ago

[–]Intoxicatedcanadian 9 points10 points ago

You just made me put office space on. I hate being high, I feel like I had no choice once that started playing.

[–]LegalLizzie 12 points13 points ago

Back up in your ass with the resurrection. Die mother fuckers. Still. Classic Geto Boys. Edit: Me no type good.

[–]flerpyderp 6 points7 points ago

Did this. Was not disappointed.

[–]SirDigbyChknCaesar 10 points11 points ago

I love these .gifs with sound.

[–]Kyle772 2 points3 points ago

This made my night. I love you.

[–]Rountree85 2 points3 points ago

I love you too.

[–]Hbit 2 points3 points ago

HP multi-function. Couldn't make a scan because the ink cartridges were empty. I'm still feeling a bit wtf about that one.

[–]I_would_hit_that_ 12 points13 points ago

Get a can of compressed air and blow into every hole you can find. Printers often use optical reflective/optical beam sensors, and if the optics get blocked by debris they will register false jams.

It only takes a tiny piece of trash to fudge it up.

[–]WiglyWorm 10 points11 points ago

As a former PC technician, there's probably an infinitesimally tiny scrap right on one of the sensors (or a part is going bad).

[–]skullhair 12 points13 points ago

"Why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam?"

[–]kore464 7 points8 points ago

Cuz it's a Space Jam!

[–]Yatagasaru 1 point2 points ago

The only hiccup my Kodak had was it said that I was out of paper despite having paper. I just simply restarted the print job again. My old Canon, however, that one said I was out of paper even though the thing was full. And my older Epson, that one said I was out of ink even though I had just refilled it.

[–]Khaibit 194 points195 points ago

Heh, fun fact: The reason most modern ink jets will not let you print in black and white if your color ink is running low is because every page your printer prints has a nearly-invisible pattern of yellow dots added to it that give law enforcement a way to trace that printed page back to the printer that made it. It's actually a bit of a controversy right now, and many people are trying to get printer manufacturers to end the practice. http://seeingyellow.com

So if you don't have enough yellow, you can't print at all.

[–]nupogodi 53 points54 points ago

That page only talks about color laser printers though ...

[–]Khaibit 38 points39 points ago

Hrm, you are correct ... I could have sworn when I last looked at the page it mentioned both color ink jets and lasers, I could be totally wrong however. That being said, the behavior does exist in lasers; perhaps the inkjet behavior is just money-grubbing?

Either way, thanks for pointing that out - I hate spreading incorrect info.

[–]hamolton 8 points9 points ago

[–]xtreme571 19 points20 points ago

Actually, apart from the the printer identification pattern, most printers utilize color ink to give a better gray scale output.

Majority of the HP inkjet printers (excluding officejet series) will in fact print even if you run out of color.

[–]Zimvader00 29 points30 points ago*

I've heard this, but I've never quite understood how it could help someone in most cases. I mean I can picture it now:

David Caruso: Okay guys, we've used the yellow dots on this piece of paper and discovered the serial printer killer has a Epson printer with serial number XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX.

Angry White Guy: Well which store did that -dramatic pause- bastard who killed those 48 babies buy the printer from?

Fat White Hacker Chick: Hold on I'm checking now. -Beep-bop-boop-beep- Looks like it was sold out of a Wal-Mart.

Token Black Guy: Well how in the hell are we supposed to check through every Wal-Mart record.

David Caruso: With my cool shades.

Edit: Thanks MarkMagowan for pointing out that I was watching Laurence Fishburne (Predators) and for some reason typed his name instead of David Caruso.

[–]meowmix4jo 15 points16 points ago

I'm guessing it wouldn't be used to track someone down, but to find out if something came from a known printer, ex. in court.

[–]NotClever 4 points5 points ago

That's always my favorite part of CSI. It's like "Well, we've got no choice but to get into the nitty gritty and search this dump truck full of sand for grains that have traces of the perp's DNA." And then they montage incredibly dull busy work and make it look really cool.

[–]Discola 9 points10 points ago

I worked for Walmart in electronics. I'm not sure how much data was actually recorded but we scanned unique serial numbers on a large number of electronics. For example when we sold someone a PS3 we scanned the UPC and then the sticker on the actual console (there are holes cut into the box to allow this). It would be very easy to track every electronic item scanned this way to the specific store at which it was sold. If you couple this with credit card statements most of these purchases could be traced to a specific person pretty easily. At the very least you get the Walmart most likely closest to their place of residence.

Not trying to be tinfoil hat guy but it wouldn't be too hard.

[–]MarkMagowan 5 points6 points ago

Laurence Fishburn? I think you mean David Caruso.

[–]Zimvader00 6 points7 points ago

God damn me for watching a movie while I was typing. Thanks for pointing that out.

[–]Jungle2266 1 point2 points ago

YOU BASTARD!!! Clicked on the shades to see if it did anything. Now I have to change my pants.

[–]I_Has_A_Hat 1 point2 points ago

Lets say for example someone said they filed all their paperwork to the IRS in the last 3 years but in fact didn't. If they said they had copies as proof and just sent a whole bunch of documents printed by the same printer with the same cartrige, the IRS could call bullshit and expose your lie simply by examining the yellow dots.

Source: A relative of mine once used 5 different printers to print out his tax info all in the same day so that the IRS wouldn't catch on.

[–]Unfair 3 points4 points ago

[–]recon455 2 points3 points ago

This article says this does not apply to ink jet printers. I can't find anywhere that says this does apply to ink jets...

[–]Arienna 1 point2 points ago

TIL, only print possibly incriminating documents on inkjets. :P

[–]otter111a 1 point2 points ago

I really want someone to put black ink into a yellow cartridge to make these dots very visible.

[–]thompsonpop 11 points12 points ago

Hey at least it wasn't a Sabre printer that caught on fire.

[–]Zhabba_Zheeba 10 points11 points ago

The probable origin of the "on fire" message was the late 1950s, when high speed computerized printing was still a somewhat experimental field. The first documented fire-starting printer was a Stromberg-Carlson 5000 xerographic printer, installed around 1959 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, modified with an extended fusing oven to achieve a print speed of one page per second. In the event of a printing stall, and occasionally in normal operation, the fusing oven would heat paper to combustion, which was aggravated by the fact that if the printer continued to operate, it would essentially stoke the oven with fresh paper at high speed. There is, however, no evidence of the "lp0 on fire" message appearing in any software of the time.

[–]haloinc 1 point2 points ago

ANDY!

[–]darthn3ss 12 points13 points ago

My current kodak does the same thing.

Want to print a document in all black?

Sorry, you're out of magenta.

[–]lud1120 8 points9 points ago*

My Brother printer refuse to EITHER print anything OR even scan at all because one or two COLOR cartridges are empty.
Just plain out bad.

[–]kingbinji 25 points26 points ago

its like your car won't start because youre out of windshield wiper fluid

[–]N3RiX 14 points15 points ago

more like headlight fluid

[–]mctaco 44 points45 points ago

We should be drilling for printer ink!

[–]MpegEVIL 6 points7 points ago

Happy cake day!

[–]mctaco 7 points8 points ago

thanks brah

[–]ExCerealKiller 46 points47 points ago

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

It's ok, ink cartridges are only $18 each and there's only 7 of them.

[–]eljoonaye 8 points9 points ago

I personally love being told by my printer that all 4 cartridges that i've just installed which I only purchased 20 fucking minutes ago are all low on ink.

[–]jennyleigh713 4 points5 points ago

And can pay waaaay too much to refill the damn thing. So glad I bought an hp last year. Best decision ever.

[–]AdrianBrony 5 points6 points ago

I have an hp photosmart, and it has only given me problems when there was an actual problem.

If it is out of some color of ink, it will notify me the colors might be off, then print it anyway.

Good Guy HP.

[–]gnudarve 89 points90 points ago

Epson: Still suckin balls after all these years.

[–]SlugsOnToast 185 points186 points ago

Fun fact: The air pressure around Epson Headquarters is 10 millibars lower than the surrounding area because Epson sucks so hard.

[–]give_me_a_number 35 points36 points ago

I love science-y jokes.

[–]Canadiandane 2 points3 points ago

There should be a subreddit for these...

[–]TMobotron 8 points9 points ago

/r/shittyaskscience isn't specifically what you're asking for but there's tons of science-related humor if you haven't checked it out.

[–]TheXzott 1 point2 points ago

Confirmed, this is both a fact, and fun.

[–]Pandalism 1 point2 points ago

The last time I used an Epson printer or heard anyone complain about one was in 2002. I'm surprised to hear that they still suck...

[–]o0DrWurm0o 1 point2 points ago

The highest rated all-in-one printer on Amazon is an Epson...

[–]Immortal_Fishy 4 points5 points ago

That says a lot about the quality of printers in general, if Epson is considered number one.

[–]always_pantsless 2 points3 points ago

they didn't suck at one point?

[–]JamoJustReddit 23 points24 points ago

He's implying that they have been, and always will be sucking. Also, put your pants on. There's no pudding here.

[–]monkeyolsen 116 points117 points ago

you didn't use Epson paper!

[–]kingtrewq 54 points55 points ago*

Are you crazy? Judging by their printer quality adding epson ink + paper would literally burn the house down.

[–]Synthetik 13 points14 points ago

But it's engineered to work with the ink!

[–]kingtrewq 9 points10 points ago

Exactly. Epson engineered.

[–]David_Copperfuck 1 point2 points ago

I have too high a respect for engineering to associate it with printers. They are clearly the work of trained apes.

[–]niskai 17 points18 points ago

EPSON. Every person should own none.

[–]FindsTheBrightSide 534 points535 points ago

So when it started to come, you just jerked it out halfway? Sounds like your father's story of how you were conceived.

[–]webby_mc_webberson 172 points173 points ago

Maybe he was simply printed? What if OP is just a sheet of paper and this post is a suicide attempt? I reckon you're a little insensitive, mr BrightSide.

[–]MrAndroidFilms 28 points29 points ago

aw man.. i feel like an ass

[–]ANAL_SHREDDING 77 points78 points ago

aw yes.. i feel an ass

FTFMe

[–]sarcasm_rocks 33 points34 points ago

Wat

[–]CannedBeef 19 points20 points ago

Mr Brightside by The Killers is stuck in my head because of you...

[–]alternateme 8 points9 points ago

Maybe it's an age thing, but this is stuck in my head now.

[–]kittensmittens69 4 points5 points ago

I ain't even mad.

[–][deleted] 38 points39 points ago

Sounds like your father's story of how you were conceived.

http://i.imgur.com/pysVv.gif

[–]frshmt 8 points9 points ago

I'll try anything once!

[–]The_wise_man 32 points33 points ago

Actually, it looks like it fed in at an angle and got jammed. Note the angled text and blotches of ink.

[–]garandx 20 points21 points ago

RES tagged printer detective.

[–]iamyourdad 3 points4 points ago

Actually, no. I failed at jerking it out. That's why he's here today.

[–]elephantx 9 points10 points ago

Now, that seems a little pessimistic, FindsTheBrightSide.

[–]leavemudkipalone 15 points16 points ago

Elephants don't talk.

[–]r0x0rm4n 21 points22 points ago

Except for...

dun dun dun

Elephant X!

[–]bradlee92 12 points13 points ago

And that's why my Epson ended up on the curb yesterday.

[–]kingtrewq 3 points4 points ago

Someone needs to do that to the entire company

[–]khiron 35 points36 points ago

I see an Office Space scene in the printer's future.

[–]thudium 13 points14 points ago

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

[–]wanderer11 15 points16 points ago

Can someone explain why printers suck? I think the cancel button is there just as a joke. It's like that one light switch in the house that no one can figure out what it does. On another note, "PC Load letter? The fuck does that mean?"

[–]shrididdy 8 points9 points ago

[–]iScrtAznMan 2 points3 points ago

If you use unix or apple, you can use cups which is great for managing printers

[–]ExK4 2 points3 points ago

One time, I kid you not, I hit cancel and the paper emerged from the printer still blank.

[–]SomeKindOfOctopus 2 points3 points ago

Can someone explain why printers suck?

Because the business model is to shove printers out the door as cheaply as possible, sell them cheap, then make money on ink refills.

If you want a printer that doesn't suck, I've had good luck with Brother laser printers.

[–]Dyan654 8 points9 points ago

I believe you will find this highly entertaining.

[–]Shurikane 15 points16 points ago

An Epson?

You poor, poor bastard.

[–]UniversalSnip 7 points8 points ago

Ok, so I get why the ink is a ripoff, let's say I'm over it. Why are printers still such miserable pieces of shit in every other way? I swear they're the least reliable consumer electronics on the market.

[–]TheKingofLiars 1 point2 points ago

I can only thank printers for helping me improve my handwriting.

[–]NorthStarTX 1 point2 points ago*

It's a problem of function. There aren't too many pieces of consumer electronics that fire a stream of incredibly sticky particles as part of their normal day to day operation, and these particles can accumulate pretty quickly and gum up feed channels, sensors, and all kinds of moving parts. Copiers are even worse.

[–]Gothbot6k 7 points8 points ago

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[–]Raven_Rise 1 point2 points ago

no! blow on the cartridge!

[–]c--b 1 point2 points ago

Is it plugged in?

[–]gadgetguy789 7 points8 points ago

Did you feed it after midnight? Cause your not supposed to feed it after midnight...

[–]Willbo 5 points6 points ago

[–]The_Blue_Llama 5 points6 points ago

I fucking hate printers.

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[–]ZedZeeZee 41 points42 points ago

PC Load Letter?

THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN

[–]I_would_hit_that_ 37 points38 points ago

PC means Paper Cartridge, Letter refers to the paper size (8.5x11). Load Letter means to put 8.5x11 paper into the paper cartridge.

DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE

[–]daminox 12 points13 points ago

See, if they had just used your explanation as the error message, no one would have ever been in danger of going to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. It's the little things, you know?

[–]TMobotron 2 points3 points ago

I always rage a little bit when a program crashes and just says something like "Error #3482716" because I know that number refers to something, so why not just post that instead of the number of the error? Then I'm stuck googling around for what it might mean and get a bunch of speculation on what it could be and how I might fix it.

[–]I_would_hit_that_ 4 points5 points ago

Even worse are errors that don't tell you anything other than "An error has occurred". This means the developer assumed that you are too stupid to troubleshooting anything yourself and/or they want you to place a $ervice call.

This is like the "check engine" light on your car, it would cost them maybe $5 extra to put in the hardware needed to display the actual PID code that tells you what the problem is, but they would rather have you bring it in to the dealer, b/c that's where they really make their money, in the service department.

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[–]Dharmatician 21 points22 points ago

Classic. Thats why they should have just stuck with making salt.

[–]FTLspawn 14 points15 points ago

That's epsom salts... Unless intentional troll. Which is always a possibility.

[–]Dharmatician 5 points6 points ago

your good. I realzied after i typed it but figuered noone ever reads these.

[–]FTLspawn 10 points11 points ago

Must... resist... correcting... errors... GAH dies

[–]baf1 1 point2 points ago

Your skepticism made me lol.

[–]FTLspawn 2 points3 points ago

I can never tell anymore. You kids have all kinds of knickity knacks and trollity trolls these days, with your pee pods and hippity hop music...

[–]Leviathan23 9 points10 points ago

Well... It's a start...

[–]MBSquared 1 point2 points ago

It partially printed, that's saying somethin'!

[–]godless_geek 4 points5 points ago

There was a post a while back where a user asked why, after so many fucking years, do printers still work like overpriced pieces of shit. The top post was from a person who worked in an ink refill shop, and he gave some pretty good printer recommendations based on his experience. Check it out.

[–]fingerthief 5 points6 points ago

It seems that printer did a tearable job.

[–]ZugZug_II 2 points3 points ago

Printers are a pain in the fucking ass.

[–]NWest75 4 points5 points ago

It's all ways the printer! Every printer I've ever had has been a massive pain in tha ass.

[–]AwwYea 2 points3 points ago

I think it's about time reddit funds and engineers it's own printer that's fuck-up free.

I dare say we have the technical expertise, let's make it happen!

[–]FriendlyCylon 1 point2 points ago

Gentlemen, we can build it. We have the technology.

[–]kore464 2 points3 points ago

[–]epsilonius 2 points3 points ago

We haven't bought a printer for about 6 years now, do they still all suck? do they still not properly cancel print jobs when told?

[–]MrMono1 2 points3 points ago

Oh God, the cancel button. It should be renamed crash and jam.

[–]Dyamalos 3 points4 points ago

Epson printers give good quality when they actually print, but damn if they don't fight you every step of the way so you earn it.

[–]Hyperion1144 5 points6 points ago

Epson printers are pieces of shit.

You can't even store them; they clog. Once the fixed, non-replaceable print-head is clogged, you can just go ahead and toss it out.

Once you get your first print out of your Epson, you will be in a non-stop race against the clock to keep on printing on a semi-regular basis, no matter what.

Better never leave home for 3 or 4 months.

If you do, save yourself some time.

Just throw that piece of shit out before you leave.

[–]GreenOoze 2 points3 points ago

[–]HeyCarpy 2 points3 points ago

"Congratulations, you can now go fuck yourself!"

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[–]lisabadcat 2 points3 points ago

Epson should start making form feed, dot matrix printers again. That's the only thing they have been good at.

[–]jetmike747 1 point2 points ago

I still have my epson dot matrix printer from the 90's. Still on only the second ink ribbon. Although noisy, it's a true workhorse.

[–]heavyhebrew 2 points3 points ago

Send probes into the outer reaches of the solar system, map the human genome sure but engineer a printer that actually is intuitive to understand, simple to operate and is effective? Might as well wish for a unicorn.

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[–]ares623 13 points14 points ago

I wish Apple would make a printer, just so it would fuck the industry up.

[–]PixelDJ 21 points22 points ago

Fun fact (if you didn't know): Apple used to make printers.

[–]lordsidious 5 points6 points ago

I'm pretty sure a lot of them were essentially just rebranded Canon/Epson/HP printers

[–]PixelDJ 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, I think all but the ImageWriter were actually.

[–]Zhabba_Zheeba 1 point2 points ago

Had an Imagewriter II back in the day. That thing was nigh indestructable, and attached to a 12" box of continuous tractor feed paper, I could print FOREVER!!!!

[–]PretzelFucker 20 points21 points ago

I don't want to have to print on their proprietary 7"x12.5" paper which costs $30 for a pack of 20 'revolutionary' and 'magical' pages.

[–]Negro_Napoleon 1 point2 points ago

Damn that was a good laugh.

Someone should edit in the MS Paperclip saying something both stupid and obvious

[–]ced1106 1 point2 points ago

Sysadmin password help you if you try to scan on an Epson over a wireless network.

[–]jiggabigganigga 1 point2 points ago

nailed it

[–]14platinum 1 point2 points ago

....Canon.

[–]BlazenAZ 1 point2 points ago

Pc load letter. WTF?

[–]jessi1834 1 point2 points ago

Should have used the Epson paper, as recommended.

[–]jetmike747 1 point2 points ago

Laser printers. Best way to go.

[–]LucastheWeak 1 point2 points ago

[–]Logic_in_theory 1 point2 points ago

I loled and then showed this to my printer. It acknowledged that he's not the only one. Then responded with a paper jam error.

[–]user-hostile 1 point2 points ago

Solution: gently shake the ink cartridge to evenly distribute the ink inside.

[–]llamacheesecakellama 1 point2 points ago

As an employee of Staples, this amuses me.

[–]distortednet 1 point2 points ago

Jesus Christ, Reddit is full of staples employees.

[–]Sonicboom510 1 point2 points ago

Epson printers are shit. Those crappy ass epson printers would not print my college essays if I'm low on color, regardless if I'm full on black ink. My HP printer I got back in the late 90's with cheap walgreen ink refills is a huge money saver and my go to printer now.

[–]syfpsy 1 point2 points ago

That printer is like an angry, angry cat.

[–]tempestTX 1 point2 points ago

TIL the smell of burning printers was actually a distress call

[–]Turboturtle08 1 point2 points ago

Since the printer obviously messed up you didn't get the second Good Printing Tip!

Buy a new printer.

[–]tinkafoo 1 point2 points ago

As the owner of several non-functioning Epson printers, congratulations!

[–]FyreWulff 1 point2 points ago

Epson is still better than HP for me.. never going back to those. Seems like the hardware is solid, but the drivers and software left a bit to be desired.. like their inability to relocate the printer on the network after the printer has been turned off and on.

[–]cvoisgreat 1 point2 points ago

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Who uses printers anymore? Get with the times brah

[–]throwaway-o 1 point2 points ago

Ah, I see the problem. You didn't use EPSON paper.

[–]oligerm 1 point2 points ago

CONGLATURATION,

YOU HAVE PRINTED A GREAT PAGE, AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE OF OUR PRINTER.

NOW REST OUR HEROES.

[–]kr0n0 2 points3 points ago

I went through 2 Epsons... Now I use HP :)