[Autosave is for Wimps]

[Autosave is for Wimps]

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My printer's user guide? I’m sure I had it here somewhere…

My printer's user guide? I’m sure I had it here somewhere…

Evil computers sense you’re in a hurry and mess with your head

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There, finished. Save aaaaaaand… Print.

Error 51: Consult service manual.

Error 51? Is that supposed to be a joke? I mean, it sounds like a bad pun on ‘Area 51’. Oh, those wacky error-message coders on the firmware development team, they kill me, they really do. Let’s try again.

Print.

Error 51: Consu…

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