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[–] NegativeLookBehind 77 points 7 months ago (4 children)

PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?

[–] [email protected] 66 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There are still some errors where you just need to know the fix. In that case it's a baseball bat.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or just filling the paper tray (that's what the error means)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Filling the paper tray with US Letter sized paper. If you aren't in the US, you don't use it and might not even be able to buy any.

[–] bitchkat 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

A non US printer would most likely not configure the tray for letter sized paper. It likely says "PC load A4" for the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The rest of the world gets 'PC load letter' when they try to print a document from the US which is configured for US Letter paper, or an application or driver decides to default to that paper size. And it's very confusing, since they have no idea that 'letter' is a paper size.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Having worked at a copy place for a few years, that one makes me laugh every time.

For those that don't know, the error is Print Cartridge needs letter sized paper to be loaded. It is just out of paper.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

You'd often get the error when there was paper in the printer though. Turns out the cause is the slightly different size between US letter page size and A4 page size. Technically the printer's correct to complain (for the same reason it'd be correct to complain about an A4 sized print while full of A5), but virtually nobody gives a shit about that difference and so the "PC Load Letter" message just translated to "You have to push that stupid button before I'll do anything because pedantry."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't that be the Paper Cartridge?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe it is Paper Cassette! And yes, I feel very old.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, you are correct, elder one.

[–] NegativeLookBehind 7 points 7 months ago

Wrong. It needs to be taken to a field and beaten into tiny pieces

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The printer is obviously telling you to stuff some letters into your computer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Like, duh. How else is email sent? Magic?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

A series of pneumatic tubes, actually!

The internet...you see... it's.... it's not just a big truck.

[–] bitchkat 3 points 7 months ago

Paper cassette: load letter size paper (aka. the letter size paper tray is empty)