Printer Reliability Complaints

Comments predominantly feature jokes, sarcasm, and frustrations about printers' unreliability, poor performance, and general dysfunction, often contrasting them with other technologies.

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Sample Comments

gammateam Jan 7, 2019 View on HN

Now printers on the other hand....

KomoD Jul 9, 2025 View on HN

I'd make a printer that actually prints.

eagle2com Jan 18, 2026 View on HN

Please, printers have never worked, it's a side effect when they do.

andrewaylett Aug 5, 2020 View on HN

That does somewhat presuppose access to a printer.

SamBam Apr 8, 2020 View on HN

Sometimes a printer is closer than a pen, unfortunately....

nodata Sep 23, 2014 View on HN

Tell that to someone who buys a printer.

LtWorf Nov 7, 2023 View on HN

Well, I can print a piece of paper...

EdwardDiego Feb 7, 2023 View on HN

You describe a rather niche printer.

mattmcknight Jan 25, 2009 View on HN

They have these things called printers here...

squarefoot Jul 19, 2017 View on HN

Waiting for the day that printer will be able to print copies of itself.