He clicked it.

Windows 11 shuddered for a moment. The little blue crown vanished from OneNote and teleported over to the Canon. The word "Default" appeared in soft grey letters next to his real printer.

Across the room, the office beast stirred. The Canon hummed. And with a glorious thwack-thwack-thwack , the first page slid into the tray.

He opened his laptop. On the screen was the serene landscape of the Windows 11 desktop—rolling green hills, a soft sunset. It felt mocking.

“Why?” he groaned. He hadn’t used OneNote in three years. Some digital ghost had taken over his printer.

The dialog box didn't show OneNote. It didn't show a PDF. It showed the Canon MF743C.