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Pay-per-Copy Machine Exploit

Step 4Verify

Now that your paperclip is securly in place shorting the red and black wires out of the coinbox, check the copy machine's screen. It should now have different paper sizes and let you change the # of copies you are allowed to make.

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5 comments

Jul 28, 2007. 9:44 PMdaPerik says:

What if I only have coins and no paperclip's?

Apr 17, 2008. 1:06 PMGamernotnerd says:

Buy paperclips

Apr 4, 2008. 7:36 PM

Jake-off says:

find a paperclip, these are either at school or in public biblos, their bound to have a paperclip either on a desk or just lying around

Jul 29, 2007. 1:04 PMnak (author) says:

Swallow the coins. Run around screaming about how your baby was consumed by a dingo! ???? Profit

Aug 21, 2008. 2:09 PMCartuner55 says:

LOL

Dec 9, 2007. 7:44 PMamadoraa123 says:

how are you going to do this in a library when people are watching?

Sep 5, 2006. 2:30 PMsilent_spark says:

Thanks for sharing that with the class. I am eager to try this at my local University! You would not happen to have any other paperclip-enabled-trickery up your sleeve, would you?