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- nahsrocketeer75, on 04/30/2009, -2/+117"'PC LOAD LETTER'? What the ***** does that mean?"
- decker12, on 04/30/2009, -4/+76I used to tape a little note to the front of our printers explaining that it's simply out of paper. After everyone started asking me why it says PC LOAD LETTER (instead of "out of paper"), I taped another note in much smaller type explaining that it means "in the Paper Cartridge, you have to LOAD more LETTER sized paper".
I was laid off a few weeks later after it was discovered that I sleeping with one of the engineer's secretaries. - wampalord, on 05/01/2009, -1/+63Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
- sh0x, on 05/01/2009, -0/+34It means: "PAPER CASSETTE: LOAD LETTER SIZE PAPER."
If you were instead out of legal size paper in the primary paper tray it would say PC LOAD LEGAL instead. - KaiUno, on 05/01/2009, -0/+32Can you imagine the confusion here in A4 country?
- Deejster, on 05/01/2009, -0/+24Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.
- bg2500, on 05/01/2009, -0/+23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Load_Letter
- sizzzzlerz, on 05/01/2009, -0/+23The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care
- robdiggity, on 05/01/2009, -1/+23"Back up in your ass with the resurrection..."
- Samir Naga...Nagana... Well, Naganna work here any more, anyway. - robdiggity, on 05/01/2009, -0/+20LOOK ASS-PACKERS, THE PRINTER COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE EXPECTED TO PRINT GIVEN THE ABSOLUTE DERTH OF PAPER IN THE PAPER CARTRIDGE, I MEAN, CHRIST ALMIGHTY!
and coming in at only a scant 140 more characters than the original. - jer21, on 05/01/2009, -3/+19"This is a... *****! "
- highwebl, on 05/01/2009, -0/+16When the LaserJets take over, you'll know what it means.
And how could they not take over, they have lasers--and jets. - RealmDown, on 05/01/2009, -0/+16I suggested "FEED ME"
- numb, on 05/01/2009, -0/+14And it often means "the thingie that detects whether there is paper in your printer is broken."
- Antz0rz, on 05/01/2009, -0/+13...no. ...no man. *****, no man i believe you'd get your ass kicked saying something like that man.
- inactive, on 05/01/2009, -4/+17You and me both, man. The thing is lucky I'm not armed.
- BoneStamp, on 05/01/2009, -0/+12Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?
- BoneStamp, on 05/01/2009, -1/+12Ya, why couldn't they just make it say, "Load Paper". I mean, I'm sure people can figure out what size of paper they need. Anyway, I'm off to finish a game of "jump to conclusions".
- skintigh, on 05/01/2009, -0/+10Ah, of course, how could I not know that PC = Paper Cassette. What a common acronym. Good thing the invented a new abbreviation that nobody has ever heard of except their tech support instead of spelling it out, or making a message that USERS would be able to understand.
- RealmDown, on 05/01/2009, -0/+10If they strike a deal with the friggin sharks, we are all doomed.
- ApokalypseNow, on 05/01/2009, -0/+10OUT OF PAPER requires two fewer characters than does PC LOAD LETTER, and makes a lot more sense to the average user - still don't know why they didn't just use that instead.
- Pippers, on 05/01/2009, -0/+10A 25 year old Laserjet still works better than anything produced today.
Seriously. - RoboDonut, on 05/01/2009, -0/+8It's only slightly more useful then "LP0 ON FIRE"
- celotil, on 05/01/2009, -0/+8See, you're not supposed to tell people that.
When someone's having a problem with office equipment, and you know how to fix it, DON'T - at least not straight away.
If you get asked, for whatever reason, you're supposed to just smile enigmatically, shrug your shoulders, and say,
"That's not my area of expertise."
Then, when everyone else has ***** off to complain, you fix it and never say anything about fixing it.
This will, a) make the whiners who can't get off their arse to read a manual look like fools and/or liars, and b) if you ever get fired, everyone will start to wonder how stuff just suddenly "fixed itself" while you were around and, if someone worth a damn can draw conclusions, maybe you'll get a call asking you to come back - although I doubt it, because I've been in that situation, and unfortunately all I was asked to do was come back and "resurrect" a database, that wasn't broken, so the company could be sold off. - b9gh47q, on 04/30/2009, -3/+10Some things are better left unknown.
- macdady843, on 04/30/2009, -3/+10Bill Gates in coach; now there's an image.
- Barkingshins, on 05/01/2009, -0/+7<gasp> You've never...?
Man, I wish that I'd never seen it... and was about to sit down and watch it right now for the first time! I still mark the anniversary on my calendar every year.
Junior, you need to leave whatever subterranean cave you've been living in and, not rent, but BUY this movie immediately!... and then, of course, watch it!... several times in a row! - cbeagle, on 05/01/2009, -0/+7Anyone ever do the "insert coin" hack?
- zydeco, on 05/01/2009, -0/+7What's more fun is to change the message to something else. This capability has been around forever, but here's the magic formula for those of you that don't have it in your /usr/bin for fun:
(assume printer at 0.1 and ^=ctrl)
telnet 192.168.0.1 9100
^[%-12345X@PJL JOB
@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="VIRUS LOADED"
@PJL EOJ
^[%-12345X
^] - getoffmybridge, on 05/05/2009, -0/+7"It did not work, Michael!!"
- celotil, on 05/01/2009, -0/+7At my last IT job we had a printer with a three line screen that could be reprogrammed over the ethernet connection.
I used to make the printer beep loudly and display, "HI SEXY", every time this one girl walked past - could see the printer and enough of the hall to see her approach from where I sat.
Unfortunately she assumed it was this other bloke working there and I almost got into trouble for "strange" network usage - sending non-print requests to the printer.
All of life is not a stage. Sometimes it's a crappy sitcom. - ApokalypseNow, on 05/01/2009, -0/+6Ok, from that context I could see it, though it would still be more comprehensible (in my mind) to say "OUT OF A4" or "OUT OF LEGAL"
- BoneStamp, on 05/01/2009, -0/+5PAPER TRAY EMPTY
- cyberfreak01, on 05/01/2009, -0/+5or it was a bunch of geeks that had no idea what usability meant because pc load letter made sense to them. after all, it was the 80's, they were probably all high on coke anyhow.
- Rudegar, on 05/01/2009, -0/+5yeah sounds more badass then inkjets
- johnomaz, on 05/01/2009, -0/+5Talk about taking the fun outta something.
- Alabaster1234, on 05/01/2009, -0/+5When I get that error I just give it my 'O face.
- StripeyMagee, on 05/01/2009, -1/+5Pen is stuck http://www.circlecity.co.uk/picture_jokes/pen_stuc ...
- dazparkour, on 05/01/2009, -1/+5NO LETTERS :(
Saved you a character. - Lambdino81, on 05/01/2009, -6/+10I would do two chicks at the same time man.
- HelAom, on 05/01/2009, -0/+4Dugg for Office Space
- LastVisibleDog, on 05/01/2009, -0/+4Actually - the world had to wait another three years before it could experience "PC LOAD LETTER" - the first LaserJets only have a two character display (so "PC LOAD LETTER" is only 22 years old).
The first LaserJet cost $3,495 - what a bargain! - Pxtl, on 05/01/2009, -1/+5Why PC? I mean seriously, where the ***** else would you load paper?
LOAD MORE LETTER is only two characters, and makes much more sense. Or LOAD LETTER PAPER for three. - rodon, on 05/01/2009, -0/+4My circa 1993 HP LaserJet 4MP still runs like a dream.
- neowolfwitch, on 05/01/2009, -0/+3I've got an old 4MP that also works wonderfully. They just don't make 'em that good anymore. Hard to find toner for it now though.
- gerrylazlo, on 05/01/2009, -3/+6Back up in your ass with the resurrection!
- evilelf2407, on 05/01/2009, -0/+3... i can't talk to my mother so i talk to my diaarrry.
- evisr8r, on 05/01/2009, -0/+3We still goin' fishin' this weekend?
- Suricou, on 05/01/2009, -0/+3My favourate error from a printer is INVALID USER PERSONALITY.
I forget the model... it happened when drivers were installed for the wrong printer. -
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