Death by Printer

I have been fighting with printers since 1997, the beginning of my career as a graphic and web designer. It seems that they work fine until you're in a crunch or need more than, uh, I dunno, ONE THING PRINTED! Why after 10 years of printers, do they still give me grief? Hasn't technology gotten to printers yet?

I am at work right now manually loading paper into my printer ONE SHEET AT A TIME - FRONT AND BACK because it will not accept the paper unless I do so ...and I have over 100 sheets to go! Why the printer just refuses to do it's job is beyond me. I have to come to work and do my job every day ...printer, please just DO WHAT I PAID YOU TO DO!