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The problem is that the rest of the world is not aware of US sizes. Thus HP printers continually displaying "PC LOAD LETTER" on printers outside the US dealing

• loloquwowndueo 2y ago
  On don’t worry, they also show PC LOAD LETTER in the US even when the correct paper size is loaded :)
  • Suppafly 2y ago
    >On don’t worry, they also show PC LOAD LETTER in the US even when the correct paper size is loaded :) Only if there is an issue with the rollers or something and it can't feed the paper from the paper cassette. No one ever wants to read the manuals or do basic troubleshooting though. Hell newer ones have a menu on them that will walk you through each of the troubleshooting steps, but people would rather put a post-it on it saying it's broken.
    • loloquwowndueo 2y ago
      I was joking :)
• BalinKing 2y ago
  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…
  • Suppafly 2y ago
    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.
    • nullhole 2y ago
      Well, PC also means Personal Computer, and letter also means element of alphabet, so it's not like there isn't room for confusion
    • immibis 2y ago
      Sounds impossible if you didn't read the manual. Who reads manuals?
• toast0 2y ago
  Could be PC LOAD LEGAL if your document is really weird.