# Our photocopier at work is now a "printer" on our computers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-photocopier-at-work-is-now-a-printer-on-our-computers/512518 "2009-10-04T05:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-photocopier-at-work-is-now-a-printer-on-our-computers/512518/21 "2009-10-05T11:04:34Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Oh, yeah, had that feature where I used to work - it was great until someone started sending 5,000 page (no, I _do not exaggerate!)_ documents to it, usually at around 9 or 10 am on a day when everyone else had reports due. Dimwit just couldn’t grasp that maybe such jobs should be sent to the Production Center upstairs! > [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Generally, you can set these machines up so that there is a maximum acceptable page count for a print job. Anything larger gets either bounced elsewhere (like to your upstairs Production Center) or just rejected back to the originator. > > You need to have smarter people setting this up in your office. That’s actually what was done after a week or two, when it became apparent dimwit just wouldn’t get it. Also complicated by the fact that dimwit’s documents were confidential - it was pointed out that having this tome pile up in the copier room wasn’t any more secure than having it sent upstairs. This actually backfired on the guy, what with him not wanting _anyone_ to see it Internal Audit got involved. Apparently no foul play there, but the company was jumpy having just fired three people for running a scam out of the Finance department. It would have been entertaining if not for yelling and bad drama involved. After it settled down, though, folks got used to send print jobs to the copiers and it worked very nicely. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-photocopier-at-work-is-now-a-printer-on-our-computers/512518/22 "2009-10-05T17:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Runs With Scissors] This is a big deal. I mean, it’s no cure for cancer, but it’s a big deal! [/QUOTE] But, can it [mow](http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/19970616/16188.html)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-photocopier-at-work-is-now-a-printer-on-our-computers/512518.md?page=1)