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HOWTO: The Anti-Printer

Posted by Hemos on from the the-best-printer-ever dept.

Compu486 writes "Inventgeek.com has an interesting article on modding laser printers. In this how to mod they have converted a standard Xerox laser printer into an automatic high volume paper shredder. Just what we need to take care of those pesky alien autopsy photos, TPS reports, and Apple & IBM's CPU Contracts."

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  1. You could have more "fun"... by Mendy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...modding a fax machine or photocopier like this :)

  2. Yeah, but... by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...does this "Anti-Printer" cause a massive explosion spewing paper shreds and toner, when it collides with a standard Xerox laser printer?

    I thought not.

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  3. Re:Weird by teslar · · Score: 5, Interesting
    this is like turning a 911 into a Chevette. :-)
    Yes, well... except that the laser printer they used was actually dead and there was a need for a bulk shredder. And why, so the reasoning goes, buy an expensive bulk shredder when you can build one using the knackered laser printer?

    So yeah, it is like turning a 911 into a Chevette.... except that you've slammed the 911 into a tree the day before and actually have a use for a Chevette - maybe some Chevette fan is offering you loads of money for it? :)
  4. Re:Ho hum... by /ASCII · · Score: 5, Funny

    At my old university, there used to be a huge old dot-printer with a really heavy printer head. One day someone figured out that the table it was standing on was pretty unstable, and that when printing a carefully crafted file, called 'devil.ps', the printer head would move at the right speed overturn the table.

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  5. Reminds me of a joke I read.. by eyeball · · Score: 5, Funny

    A young executive is leaving the office late one night when he finds the CEO standing over the shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.

    "This is a very sensitive official document," says the CEO. "My secretary's gone for the night. Can you make this thing work?"

    "Sure," says the junior exec as he turns on the shredder and hits the start button.

    "Great," says the CEO. "I just need one copy."

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  6. Oblig. by TCM · · Score: 5, Funny

    "PC Load Letter"? What the fuck does that mean?

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