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PC load letter? (Original Post) Puzzledtraveller May 2015 OP
Load 8.5" x 11" ("letter") paper into the Paper Cassette Recursion May 2015 #1
i think his confusion might have been ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #2
"Abort/Retry/Fail" stands tall as one of the worst... Recursion May 2015 #3
ah... the dreaded A4 format (which i actually prefer) ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #4
It means you have to beat it: kentauros May 2015 #5
Damn, it feels good to be a gangster. AwakeAtLast May 2015 #6
Yeah, well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton. kentauros May 2015 #7
here you go LynneSin May 2015 #8
YES!! Puzzledtraveller May 2015 #9
There's times ohheckyeah May 2015 #10
Every office person was cheering in their head during tjat scene. AwakeAtLast May 2015 #11
Yeahhhh, I'm gonna need you to come in this weekend. kairos12 May 2015 #12
Oh gosh,I knew people like that where I used to work. Puzzledtraveller May 2015 #13

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
1. Load 8.5" x 11" ("letter") paper into the Paper Cassette
Wed May 6, 2015, 05:13 AM
May 2015

I always found it amusing that a programmer wouldn't know that...

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
2. i think his confusion might have been
Wed May 6, 2015, 05:38 AM
May 2015

due to the fact that the tray already had paper in it... (on rewatching, it does appear the rear cassette is empty, though we don't get to see the front cassette because he knocks it out of the printer/fax...)

as long as i have been in the IT and telecom industries i still am sometimes flabbergasted by the messages and options on printers/copiers. it is like they were written for end users or something and sometimes seems about as confusing as the layout of a WalMart.

sP

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
3. "Abort/Retry/Fail" stands tall as one of the worst...
Wed May 6, 2015, 05:51 AM
May 2015

The paper in the cassette must have been A4 rather than letter, or possibly the printer's paper sensor was broken (that's really irritating when it happens).

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
4. ah... the dreaded A4 format (which i actually prefer)
Wed May 6, 2015, 05:58 AM
May 2015

has been fun for years. in the past, when we actually had interoffice mail (i guess we still do, i just don't use it), anything going to our offices in the UK HAD to be printed on A4 and i don't know how many times i sent a print job then get out of my desk and wandered the half mile to the printer (ok, it was closer and i was fat) only to find the A4 tray was empty (and the only print-station that had A4 continually stocked was in the mail-room)or had been reset to 8.5x11.

ahhh... fun.

ok, off to build a few VM's for the day... have a good one!

sP

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
7. Yeah, well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Wed May 6, 2015, 11:57 PM
May 2015
Samir: You know, there's nothing wrong with that name.

Michael Bolton: There was nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.

Samir: Hmm... well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?

Michael Bolton: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.


Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)
13. Oh gosh,I knew people like that where I used to work.
Thu May 7, 2015, 11:59 AM
May 2015

The woman with "case of the mondays" remark was a near exact copy of one of my supervisors.

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