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12 hilarious and troubling printer error messages

Printers are temperamental animals. Some of the things they come out with.

Jul 14th 2013, 1:00 PM 21,006 Views 10 Comments

PRINTERS, AS YOU know, are the bane of human existence.

So it’s not surprising that they would become bitter and resentful, and prone to odd announcements.

(The fact that anyone with a technical bent can hack their error messages may also play a part.)

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12 hilarious and troubling printer error messages

Printers are temperamental animals. Some of the things they come out with.

1. This desperate plea

2. This imperious command

3. This expression of preference

4. This friendly warning

5. This peckish suggestion

6. This status alert

7. This evidence of demonic possession

8. This warning

9. This very specific urge

10. This fish error

11. This depraved instruction

12. And this.

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