Years ago I was told not to put the copier paper in “upside down” at my first office job.
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Years ago I was told not to put the copier paper in “upside down” at my first office job. The correct way was to open the seam on the back then drop in no less than a full ream to “prevent jams” — naturally I still do this: I’m superstitious about printers and have never had problems with jamming.
However, when looking into if this was true I encountered three answers:
1. That is office hazing
2. This was true once but no longer
3. It’s true but not that importantDoes anyone know?
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Years ago I was told not to put the copier paper in “upside down” at my first office job. The correct way was to open the seam on the back then drop in no less than a full ream to “prevent jams” — naturally I still do this: I’m superstitious about printers and have never had problems with jamming.
However, when looking into if this was true I encountered three answers:
1. That is office hazing
2. This was true once but no longer
3. It’s true but not that importantDoes anyone know?
There is a notion that all paper is slightly curved— so it’s better to run it one way than the other. This sounds just possible enough to be true. But, the kind of person who would give this advice was the kind of person who could make the printer work— so I follow the rituals—
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Years ago I was told not to put the copier paper in “upside down” at my first office job. The correct way was to open the seam on the back then drop in no less than a full ream to “prevent jams” — naturally I still do this: I’m superstitious about printers and have never had problems with jamming.
However, when looking into if this was true I encountered three answers:
1. That is office hazing
2. This was true once but no longer
3. It’s true but not that importantDoes anyone know?
@futurebird Confirmation bias at play. Do the experiments? As in, put it in the other way, or in smaller blocks rather than the whole thing, etc.
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Years ago I was told not to put the copier paper in “upside down” at my first office job. The correct way was to open the seam on the back then drop in no less than a full ream to “prevent jams” — naturally I still do this: I’m superstitious about printers and have never had problems with jamming.
However, when looking into if this was true I encountered three answers:
1. That is office hazing
2. This was true once but no longer
3. It’s true but not that importantDoes anyone know?
@futurebird I don't know the answer but I love this story. I swear printers spawn more superstitions than any other type of equipment
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Years ago I was told not to put the copier paper in “upside down” at my first office job. The correct way was to open the seam on the back then drop in no less than a full ream to “prevent jams” — naturally I still do this: I’m superstitious about printers and have never had problems with jamming.
However, when looking into if this was true I encountered three answers:
1. That is office hazing
2. This was true once but no longer
3. It’s true but not that importantDoes anyone know?
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In the orthodoxy i came up in seam up.
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@futurebird Confirmation bias at play. Do the experiments? As in, put it in the other way, or in smaller blocks rather than the whole thing, etc.
The people who don’t follow “the way of loading” always have jams on their big jobs— but this could just be because they are the kind of people that machines dislike— I used to not think this was real but I’ve met people and things just always break when they try to use them.
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@futurebird I don't know the answer but I love this story. I swear printers spawn more superstitions than any other type of equipment
tarot deck:
* stack of paper
* all look the same until drawn, then there's a meaning
* reasons for what was drawn are complex and obscurecopier/printer paper:
* stack of paper
* all look the same until drawn, then there's a meaning
* reasons for what was drawn are complex and obscure -
Years ago I was told not to put the copier paper in “upside down” at my first office job. The correct way was to open the seam on the back then drop in no less than a full ream to “prevent jams” — naturally I still do this: I’m superstitious about printers and have never had problems with jamming.
However, when looking into if this was true I encountered three answers:
1. That is office hazing
2. This was true once but no longer
3. It’s true but not that importantDoes anyone know?
4. It was true but probably not for the reasons you were given. Did your office work with preprinted forms?
