Printer Alignment

30 Sep 2020   TIL

Normally:

1. Mack changes printer cartridge.
2. Printer asks Mack if he would like to print an alignment page.
3. Mack declines. He has one from last time. Why waste a sheet of paper?

Recently:

1. Mack changes printer cartridge.
2. Printer asks Mack if he would like to print an alignment page.
3. Mack lost old printer alignment page, is forced to print a new one.
4. Mack resents greedy printer company for wasting his ink and paper.
   1. Why do printers need to align anything, ever?
   2. Why does alignment require a sheet of paper?
   3. Why can’t it just be internal to the printer?
5. Some background thread: “It’s a feedback loop.”
6. Silence.
7. Facepalm.
8. Mack will no longer be reusing old printer alignment pages.

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