Okay, my adult daughter sent me this TikTok, presumably because I would think it was funny and I did. However, I feel compelled to issue a 'Trigger Warning' because a lot of this is going to hit some people close to home. FWIW, I'm a 'computer guy' who actually used to write communication software and drivers for printers, and ... printers have always been a pain in the ass ... and ... I have the same frustrations as anybody else with these things. They are so absolutely broken that it is almost as if the perpetrators deliberately went out of their way to make these things practically unusable -- especially when you *must* print now.
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Toxif - 2025-11-17
Sorry can’t print black and white because out of cyan
She has literally no paper … he said what?!? I obviously have paper … tell him he needs to download the new version of my app … she said to do what? Well you can tell her that app’s incompatible with my browser. incompatible!!!
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I’ll literally bring my laptop right next to the printer and they’ll still ignore each other 💀
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You have no idea how funny this is at 1 am 😭 I’m not kidding I had to put my phone down and fell on my back giggling for thirty seconds 💀
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I had to buy my wireless printer a cord to connect straight to the laptop cuz it can’t handle being inches away from each other and connect over my expensive wifi or anything and I had way less problems now thank god but they should have never of thought printers could handle that technology yet when it can’t handle being a printer in general
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No cause why is my laptop constantly forgetting the printer. Stop deleting her number.
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cus why is my laptop saying the printer is out of paper even tho the printer already printed what i needed ??
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or when they put your ONLY document you want to print in the queue, like wdym NO ONE ELSE IS PRINTING ANYTHING
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It was just a communication problem per usual. The computer totally withheld information from the printer and the printer was just a little confused on the performance command 😐. Who's to blame? Computer, printer, or the mutual friend running the show 🤔. Bypass the mess and print to Microsoft pdf, save that problem for later 😀.
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My laptop literally deleted the school printers off of it and there’s no way to add them back besides asking IT staff. My laptops literally making me take them to couples therapy
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My printer won’t even acknowledge a my laptop but will print fine for my parents using their respective computers like… what HAPPENED between you guys? 😭
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I'm in law school for AI and Cybersecurity law. I'm literally supposed to use different AI tools and evaluate the different results and I still am like, "I'm sorry but I cheated on you with Gemini AND Notebook and they said something different. What do you have to say for yourself?"
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I'm definitely their mutual enemy the way they fight and complain to ME like I am the problem
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lowkeu my printer and laptop communicate better than my actual divorced parents 💔 im no contact with my bio father and i refuse to use a printer unless i have to so i guess it’s symbolic 💀
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When the printer just disappears from the connection right before you print. Like hey man where’d you go?? I saw you. You were here yall acknowledged each other 😭
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They’re giving each other the silent treatment. Like wdym you can’t find any printers nearby, I’m standing next to you 😭😭
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You have to do more than just keep identifying the problem, Printer! You have to Do The Work!
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Hello child of the universe!✨ Pardon my intrusion The cradle of light has directed me to give you a message
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I fully understand my laptop because WHO does my printer think it is giving me all that crap
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always the “i can’t find any printers nearby” can you please stop ignoring it, it’s literally next to you and i need to print important papers…
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Akchually ☝️🤓 You can't print black if you don't have cyan because black usually uses CMYK at various % to make a ""true black"", denser than just black ink !! If you want true Black and White that uses only black ink, you need to make sure you black is 0, 0, 0, 100 in the CMYK settings !!!
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The random uninstalling and reinstalling the software and it works for one page then they break up again 😭
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