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PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?
There are still some errors where you just need to know the fix. In that case it's a baseball bat.
Or just filling the paper tray (that's what the error means)
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.
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.
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.
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
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.
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."
Wouldn't that be the Paper Cartridge?
Paper Cassette: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_LOAD_LETTER
I believe it is Paper Cassette! And yes, I feel very old.
Yes, you are correct, elder one.
Wrong. It needs to be taken to a field and beaten into tiny pieces
The printer is obviously telling you to stuff some letters into your computer.
Like, duh. How else is email sent? Magic?
A series of pneumatic tubes, actually!
The internet...you see... it's.... it's not just a big truck.
Paper cassette: load letter size paper (aka. the letter size paper tray is empty)