# Getting creases out of paper

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-creases-out-of-paper/492274>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-creases-out-of-paper/492274 "2009-04-07T17:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-creases-out-of-paper/492274/21 "2012-11-09T23:08:38Z")

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> [@OldGuy](#):
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> Why couldn’t you just “print” a space.

This is a 3-year-old zombie, but I’ll answer the question anyway:

If you just print a space, the printer won’t bother to heat up the fusor, because it’s smart enough to know there’s no toner to fuse.

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