My printer printed a 2 foot by three foot black page of its own volition and then said it was out of black ink.
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Our work printer was doing this twice a day, everyday for 3 weeks… ALWAYS at around the same time but never perfect.
Turns out someone on his way to work figured out it was connected to the WiFi and wasn’t secure so everyday on his way to and from work he would connect to the printer and print out a full A4 sheet of black and then carry on with his day.
Many printers are programmed to periodically perform a “cleaning” that uses up an insane amount of toner. It’s a lovely little scam.
that is why i havent had a printer for 15 years, they are a scam on top of a scam
Pardon my dust. This is at a carpentry studio and my office is next to the dust factory which is our CNC room.
Have you considered calling a priest?
Back in the day, I did that to a Fax spammer. Made a few all black copies and continuously faxed back to them for 3 days. Problem solved.
Printer company just making sure you are replacing their very affordable ink cartridges. How nice of them /s
These printer calibration test prints are getting wild
“Hey could you print-”
“VVVVVVVVSSSSHVVV VVV VVV VVV VVV VVV VVVVVVVSSSH VVV VVV VVV VVV no I’m out of black ink.”
Printer just woke up and chose chaos
Printer doing printer things, until you need it to print some important document, ~~computer~~ printer says no
WiFi printer? Griefing IRL.
Someone may have remotely messed with you. My friend used to randomly do this at his old job when he knew he wasn’t getting renewed (contract it/tech support)
it committed suicide
“I said your buying ink TODAY bitch”
The dust bunnies are pranking you.
You should probably check if the printer is accessible from the internet and disconnect it, someone is probably messing with you.
I used to do graphic design and had a very fancy wide format Epson printer. Which took a lot of maintenance. Saved some money and bought an external ink reservoir to save money on ink. Got it all working and for a couple of weeks it was awesome.
Then woke up one morning and it had drained the reservoirs all over itself, the table, the carpet. I took it outside and shot it 8 times with a 12 gauge and have not had an inkjet printer since.
When your child throws up and then throws a fit because they are hungry
I will just leave this here before he “disappears”
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZX8OaZZDlM8?si=Is6ZokxS7y7q3KoU
Let me guess, HP?
Printer suicide.
Big ink just selling more ink😡
Only ever use laser printers or those eco tank ones that you can fill with whatever in you want
Big xerox realized you haven’t ordered toner in a while
why? fuck you that’s why. ~ the printer probably
The paper, the ink and the audacity of this print
Printers are a scam.
Printed: ” I’m out of ink”
Op:”?. No you’re not.”
Printer: “I am now bitch. F-you specifically”
Printers are all scam now. They want to do that to mouses soon.
PC load letter what the fox is that?!
Probably payback for not taking care of it
Clean it off
It’s like a whale beaching itself. It’s ready to go.
i repair HP plotters, but i never saw a black page issue like that. for sure something to the electronics happened.
anyway, you should keep the printer a little more cleaned.
Send hundreds of rainbow colored faxes to printer companies every day in retaliation
Maybe it was Dust that collected itself in the printer and turned black over time?
My first thought was A.I. hacked the printer….. This is where it starts…
It wants to die
Understandable
This is what happens when we don’t say “thank you” after interacting with AI.
She done you dirty.
Suicide by printer
Yes
Bahahahahahaha! I really hope someone coded it to do that sometimes for the banter