They're all mad, you know

[micheinnz]

I got to play one of my favourite games while out in the data mines this morning.

It’s time for… HUNT THAT PAPER JAAAAM!

Round 1:
Printer: Hunt That Paper Jam!
Me: hunts, does not find paper jam Printer: Sucker

Comments

[janetmiles]

I have been so tempted, at various times, to ask the printer or copier tech if I could take a photograph and paste it inside the machine -- sympathetic magic at its best. I never actually have done so, though.

[randomdreams]

I hate that game and I love this post.

[southerndave]

An impromptu experiment was once performed on one of our printers at work, while shifting it from one office to another. It turns out that dropping a printer onto the carpet from about three feet in the air does not stop it from jamming regularly.

Other nasty printer tricks include "Here's the page you printed out, plus another three or four blank sheets to keep it company" and "I won't go until you feed me letter. I know you sent the printout as A4, and my A4 tray is full, but I won't print anything until you feed me some letter".

[cymrullewes]

*giggle* I'm going to take apart the HP LaserJet 4M and see about it's phantom paper jam. It's an old sensor or something or other. I just need to find the space.

[hitchhiker]

PC LOAD LETTER!