Your comment had me wonder if a kickstarter for an rpg game called HP printers would take off. The potential fan base is HUGE, I imagine even people who would never play a game would want to see it.
Let the GUI be like little computer people (only an office)
https://youtu.be/SkTgX1mGmDg?t=17
Then the player has to go though rituals depending on the HP printer type, swap old for new then new for old then old for new ink cartridges after finding the instant ink package in storage, if any spawned of course.
If you try to go to fast the hero starts destroying the office, starting with the printer. Then a new different model is delivered. Ready for setup.... or maybe not?
In some laps of consciousness I purchase one more some years ago. The hours of configuring it made me feel dumber than the wrath of the HP dungeon master.
The ISP has a wifi router fixed on channel 11, half the neighborhood sits on channel 11, range is about 4 meters, the printer doesn't reconnect unless unplugged first. But there is wifi direct, this doesn't have 50 cm of range, it wants to use channel 11.
in the game our hero at least at first doesn't know about channels. The next printer arrives: Something seems off, there is no usb cable in the box? Do you want to A) order a cable B) we will use wifi! Of course if you order the cable the boss will complaint that it takes to long to set up the printer but when you eventually get the cable the boss wants to print from his phone...
The thing is, a lot form people are already playing this game, which limits the appeal of the simulation version.
