RickHow is printing in the Apple ecosystem (or probably anywhere) still so frakking terrible, in 2026? You want to print tiny labels from your webapp or even native app? Good luck.
CaptMorgan@nixCraft When I was their age we had to refill the paper tray and replace the toner cartridge every time, and the first page always created a paper jam #pcloadletter ☺️
arclight@futurebird Theologians still debate whether God or Satan inflicted printers on the world. #PCLoadLetter #YesTechnicallyThatWasAFaxMachineInOfficeSpace #JustRollWithIt
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lorddimwit is now @Time traveler: Wow, so in 2023 we don’t have to manually set jumpers and selectors to specify IRQs and device IDs?
Me: That’s right!
TT: And monitors, I don’t have to write X modelines anymore??
Me: Yep! Just plug it in and it works!
TT: Wow! I’ll print this all out so I can show my friends back in my time!
Me: Uh…
Jack Zhang (📹🦝 Raccoon)
GrimSysadminPeople think I'm weird because I don't own a printer. #pcloadletter
KSev 🇳🇴🌻🚲
Mary Branscombe@gfoster ahem PRINTER ahem #PCLoadLetter
Allen NewtonToday I narrowly avoided signing up for a 7 day free trial for Adobe Reader to allow me to fill in and sign a PDF document. Because I ran out of printer toner when I urgently needed to print and sign something. #pcloadletter