News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022). Parent comment

Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by BalinKing on Thursday April 24, 2025 @11:21AM (#43783880)
I never realized that “LETTER” in that error referred to paper size—no printer I’ve had has actually given that error, so I only ever heard about it through oblique references to Office Space and such. It makes so much more sense now…
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by Suppafly on Thursday April 24, 2025 @12:19PM (#43784514)
The 'PC' part is paper cassette, it's the printer literally telling you to load letter sized paper into the paper cassette, but everyone acts like it's some mysterious message that's impossible to figure out.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by nullhole on Thursday April 24, 2025 @01:01PM (#43784959)
Well, PC also means Personal Computer, and letter also means element of alphabet, so it's not like there isn't room for confusion
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by immibis on Thursday April 24, 2025 @02:45PM (#43786060)
Sounds impossible if you didn't read the manual. Who reads manuals?
[ Parent | on HN ]