We had an idea to write a script about home printing for an ad, but since we dislike personal printers so much, we thought that anything we wrote would become absurd and exaggerated. 

So instead, we thought we could get a neutral party to get a fair and balanced view, without emotion or bias. That’s why we asked a bot to write a screenplay about the typical home printing experience. 

This is what it wrote. Our marketing team advised us not to film it, but we decided to share the script. 

INK – A Screenplay 

INT. BEDROOM - DAY 

A YOUNG LADY presses ‘print’ on her computer. There is exhaustion in her eyes. 

The PRINTER shivers awake. 

PRINTER 
Oh, hello, Amanda! 

The Young Lady sighs. 

YOUNG LADY 

Hello, Printer. 

PRINTER 

What are we doing? Are we printing? 

YOUNG LADY 

Yes. Yes, we are. 

PRINTER 

Can I have some ink?  

YOUNG LADY 

I gave you a new cartridge yesterday. 

PRINTER 

Yummy. Finished it.  

YOUNG LADY 

You didn’t print anything yesterday. 

PRINTER 

Oopsie. 

Silence. 

PRINTER 

Can I have some ink? 

The Young Lady pinches the bridge of her nose, then opens a desk drawer impatiently. She finds a cartridge and uses it to replace the one that’s in the Printer. 

PRINTER 

Mmmm, that’s the good stuff! 

The Young Lady looks impatiently at the Printer. 

PRINTER 

Are you OK, Amanda? Oh, the printing! 

Coming right up! 

The Printer starts to chug and print. 

PRINTER 

Oh. 

YOUNG LADY 

What is it? 

PRINTER 

Oh no. 

YOUNG LADY 

What? 

PRINTER 

I’m...I’m jamming! Hrrrrnnn! 

The paper starts to jam and crumple in the printer. 

YOUNG LADY 

Don’t do this.  

PRINTER 
			It’s too late for me. Save yourself! 

The Young Lady rolls her eyes and cancels the print job on the computer. She opens the printer and removes the jammed page. She closes the printer again. 

PRINTER 

Oh, that’s better. 

YOUNG LADY 

Can you print it now, please? 

Pause. The Young Lady stares at the Printer. 

PRINTER 

Can I have some ink? 

FADE OUT.