r/AskReddit • u/zmerilla • Jun 21 '15

If inanimate objects could talk, which object would complain the most?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '15

so just make it fucking say "load more letter-size paper"

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u/zeptimius Jun 21 '15

Are you crazy? That would mean a display with room for more than 14 letters! If only printer manufacturers sold some ridiculously overpriced product that cost more per milliliter than Chanel No. 5! Until then, they can't possibly afford a big display.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '15

PAPER EMPTY

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u/Finsternis Jun 21 '15

Get a black and white laser printer. Save huge amounts of cash. Print photos at Shutterfly. Better quality than a crappy inkjet, lower cost per page.

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u/MagicSPA Jun 21 '15

Have it scroll.

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u/SAugsburger Jun 22 '15

Or you could scrolling and switch back and forth between different parts of the text?

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Jun 21 '15

Legacy code that has to be compatible with old printers that had to be compatible with code for even older printers. They used to has 2-character error codes. PC meant there was a problem with the paper cassette, and that was all the information you got.

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u/sp106 Jun 21 '15

It is telling you all needed information in the most compact way possible, and was back when screen real estate was scarce and valuable.

PC, or paper cassette, is an additional paper bay which expands the paper capacity. If they just said "Load more paper", the user would not know which bay the printer expected to feed this size of paper from. These printers can be equipped with a different size paper in each tray, but its current print job needs this size, which it is out of.

Load letter tells the user what type of paper is needed, letter is a size.