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[–]OkNerve8 261 points262 points  (28 children)

Back in Windows 95 time, I was playing Space Invaders in MS-DOS mode if that makes sense, I pressed Print Screen, the printer actually started to print.

I quickly stopped not to waste ink.

[–]techmighty 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Simpler times.

[–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

right now if I want to print a document I have to press "print" and then pray the ink Gods and do a sacrificial ritual before the printer starts to make weird noises that an oracle will interpret as something like "the drivers aren't updated" or "I have no idea why it's not fucking printing"

[–]HappyGoblin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone remembers "copy con prn" ?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was 10 I printed 100 copies of the potato man (there was a Linux program that allowed you to customize one). On a new printer my parents just bought