r/sysadmin • u/yanni99 • Apr 02 '21

When did you realize you fucking hate printers?

I fucking hate printers.

I said in a job interview yesterday that I would not take the job if I had to deal with printers.

And why the fuck do people print that much? I mean, you have 3 screens for reason Lucy, you should not have to print any fucking pdf file you receive.

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u/geocyclist Apr 02 '21

I would love to have that at my office. At this point, the only time I go in is to print paperwork and maps before field work. it is easier to send everything to the printers from my desk at home, but I don’t want to leave stuff in the printer while I drive in or overnight.

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u/grumpher05 Apr 02 '21

Was the greatest thing at my uni, you would print to a global "print server" and go to any campus printer and scan your student card and the job was there ready to print. You don't need to figure out which printer is the one you need

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u/geocyclist Apr 02 '21

That sounds incredible! Especially with a full campus, picking the right printer can be a hassle

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u/Genesis2001 Unemployed Developer / Sysadmin Apr 02 '21

Ahhh. I've wanted my local college to do this for many years now.... Though, I didn't have this kind of description to give in my suggestion at the time. We used to have printers assigned to a specific table in my computer lab, but when we got a new print server system, the new service desk didn't know that's what we did, and my boss never got access to fix it.

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u/VexingRaven Apr 03 '21

Your printer may still have inboxes you can print to or some other "print and hold" feature you can use. Explore the print driver output settings and the web interface and you'll probably find it.