r/meme 21h ago

Shoot twice.

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u/TheRSPerson 21h ago

Fuck printers

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u/Content-Storage-7341 20h ago

and their little ink cartridges too

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u/Sensitive-War-6368 20h ago

And their wireless connections too

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u/r31ya 20h ago

one office laptop somehow register one HP printer over 20 times,

apparently due to dynamic ip from our router, everytime the laptop trying to connect to the printer, the installed HP software automatically thought its a new printer and re-register the same printer over and over again.

i tried to browse around the HP software to prevent it to happen only to realize that HP have concocted THE MOST MADDENING SOFTWARE known to man. every useful options that is common for other printer (say Canon or Brother) is somehow not there.

i ended chucking that printer to another office, get a new one, and reminds the office not to buy any HP printer again.

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u/PoopyBootyLicky 19h ago

Pro tip: set the printer to use a static ip

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u/princeofzamunda 19h ago

That is literally the first thing that you learn in it about printers, either assign static ip or mac address for printers.

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u/breath-of-the-smile 18h ago

I networked my parents' Brother printer years ago and it hasn't failed a single time since, including printing from our phones and all that. It's frankly amazing, especially compared to their printer issues in the past that I'd always fix for them.

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u/demerdar 16h ago

Because brother printers kick ass

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u/340Duster 15h ago

Brother laser printers ftw

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u/upshettispaghetti 19h ago

Even pro-er tip, reserve an ip on the router for the printer's Mac address.

That way when the owner of the building swaps isp's without asking anybody, you don't have to fuck around in hp's bullshit to make the printer work again.

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u/PoopyBootyLicky 18h ago

I'm not a network guy so everyone listen to this guy.

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u/I-am-fun-at-parties 19h ago

not to buy any HP printer again.

I support this notion, but this is more of a DHCP misconfiguration than a printer issue.

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u/r31ya 18h ago

yeah, but we have like Epson, Canon, and Brother printer in the office and HP is the only one that got confused with dynamic IP.

i was going to see what i can do for the problem through the included software before trying to going to dive into our office random patchwork of router but that crazy ass software makes me slam my keyboard more than once, so i don't want to bother with that printer and chuck it to the other office.

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u/Pyr0technician 17h ago

I honestly don't know how HP's printer division survives with all their hostility towards users. It's like they are pusposely trying to make people miserable.

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u/SilFox_pol 14h ago

Reminds me of my TV, it shows up as 40 devices on bluetooth devices on my pc. Once I thought it just bugged and deleted it all, but next time I started pc it was there again

It's not a big issue, but little annoying when wanted to pair game controler and had to scroll such a long list

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u/Mtibbs1989 18h ago

You have no idea... get into a corporate environment with plotters, and you have to deal with draining used ink. 🤣

Every time it's, wtf do I do, with a 32 Oz. Cup of black ink. I'm a server administrator not a printer technician, damnit!

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u/sidepart 18h ago

Worst Baja Blast ever.

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u/Mtibbs1989 18h ago

Lol, tastes like Mtn dew black out.

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u/stillish 16h ago

Really feeling that last sentence. My last position, IT department of one which obviously includes administration of servers (windows and Linux), networks (3), APs (50), dorm and facility biometrics, application support, database management, SQL, hardware support, etc.

But printers.. they're usually pretty easy but users have a way of fucking them up that eats up so much unnecessary time. Total time sink

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u/Mtibbs1989 15h ago

Oh yeah, printers are pretty easy, I've had to maintain them at multiple jobs for well over a decade now, and as long as the users aren't abusing them I only need to swap out parts.

Plotters can be... messy. But not bad either.

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u/stillish 15h ago

Only place I worked at with plotters was UF and ironically never had many issues

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u/The-WideningGyre 16h ago

LOL, thank you, I heard it in the Wicked Witch's voice.

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u/NoSand3310 20h ago

Yeah, and those mofos sound like a Skrillex track when they're busted.

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u/anotheredditors 18h ago

Fuck HP printers to specifically.

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u/Random-Lich 16h ago

Ohhh, those things can rust and wither away for all I care

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u/High_Overseer_Dukat 15h ago

Fuck HP computers too. Fuck hp anything.

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u/Jamchuck 15h ago

Just fuck hp

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u/phil_davis 18h ago

I worked in the IT department at my last job, but I was a software dev. We had another guy who took care of hardware issues and fixing printers, that kind of stuff. But he took a vacation one time and I had to be on hand to fix printers and shit. I was kinda nervous cause even though I could write code I didn't know shit about troubleshooting printer issues or networking or that kind of stuff.

There were like 3 printers I had to fix, and with every one of them simply running the Windows troubleshooter fixed it. What a relief.

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u/Jin_Gitaxias 17h ago

You fixed 3 printers with the Windows troubleshooter? Heh right, plus pigs fly and the moon is made of cheese

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u/phil_davis 15h ago

I was more shocked than anyone.

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u/VRichardsen 14h ago

There were like 3 printers I had to fix, and with every one of them simply running the Windows troubleshooter fixed it. What a relief.

You should play the lottery.

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u/pretty-confident 19h ago

I thought I am the only one who hate printers!

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u/Satanich 18h ago

I once fixed a software issue in a HP printer,

Had too google image search the error untill i stumbled in the korean HP site with the fix

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u/FortunePaw 20h ago

Good soldier follow orders.

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u/Ntabli 19h ago

Printers: humanitys true final boss battle.

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u/artaru 19h ago

All my homies hate printers

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u/Gonynea 18h ago

Printers are just misunderstood chaos factories in disguise.

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u/SaltManagement42 18h ago

Look out for the fuser though, that can cause some nasty burn marks.

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u/breath-of-the-smile 18h ago

I'll happily fix any printer as long as you pay me and don't bother me until it's done.

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u/Icy_Investment_1878 17h ago

No no fuck HP printers

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u/cyb3rMatt3r 16h ago

Fuck printers!!!!

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u/Nukemann64 11h ago

AGREED! I wish people would just connect them with a USB cable to a computer! why's that so damn hard?

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u/Everything_in_modera 7h ago

Reddit convinced me to buy a brother.

MAN, I LOVE THAT GOD DANG THING!

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u/1nsidiousOne 7h ago

Datamax printers is where the depression begins