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Copy Machines At Greater Risk During Holidays

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-surprise-there dept.

Ant writes "CNET News.com reports that photocopier supplier Canon is warning customers to take better care of their office equipment during the Christmas period. It claims that the festive season traditionally leads to a 25 percent hike in service calls due to incidents such as the classic backside copying prank. Such a stunt, a mainstay of the office party, often results in cracked glass on the copier, with 32 percent of Canon technicians claiming to have been called out to fix glass plates during the Christmas period after attempts to copy body parts went wrong..."

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  1. If they really wanted to solve the problem... by Hosiah · · Score: 2, Insightful
    They could put a row of spiky, pointy things around the edge of the copier's glass plate. Harmless to paper, ouchie to body parts.

    But this can't be that much of a problem, right? I mean, this was funny for about 5 minutes back in 1972.