So I just finish making an awesome design on the computer. Like, seriously, really awesome. I love it so much that I want to print it out and show it to all my friends. I load some paper into my HP printer, set up the image for printing, and press the “print” button.

The paper starts out white and comes out black. Mind you, the background of the image is light blue. I figure I hit the wrong button on the print setup and try again.

Black. Black ink everywhere. At this point I’m torn between anger, frustration, hunger, and sadness. The printer was doing it wrong! I worked so hard on this! I want food! Why won’t this work?!

I wonder if perhaps putting the image in negative will make it come out properly. It doesn’t. The paper still comes out black.

I turn the printer off. I unplug it. I restart my computer. Nothing. The paper comes out black every time. I try printing out a black square. That was kind of stupid, because it would’ve come out black anyway.

All the ink levels are good. There’s nothing wrong with my image. There’s nothing wrong with the settings. But whenever I try to print, it comes out black. This didn’t happen last night when I printed out my research papers. This is a newfound problem. And, like most printer problems, it won’t resolve.

I can’t blame myself, because I’ve done no wrong. I blame HP for making crap like this printer. I feel a little bad for saying this because the printer has held up okay for a couple of years, but what kind of printer renders everything sent to it as “PRINT IT ALL BLACK OK? OK”?

It’s midnight now. I’d call customer service, but I’d be redirected to somebody in India. “HELLO HP CUSTOMER SERVICE HOW MAY I HELP YOUUUU?” and then get put on hold for hours.

This design was going to be a surprise for someone special too. Shoots. Looks like I’ll have to figure out some other way to get it out there.

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