Operate and resupply printers and computers, changing print wheels or fluid cartridges, adding paper, and loading blank tapes, cards, or disks into equipment.

“Operate and resupply printers and computers, changing print wheels or fluid cartridges, adding paper, and loading blank tapes, cards, or disks into equipment.” is a core task performed by Word Processors and Typists. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#19 most important). About 84% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Operate office equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes
• Maintain tools or equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes. · importance 4.4
• Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format. · importance 4.3
• File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents. · importance 4.2
• Print and make copies of work. · importance 4.2
• Transmit work electronically to other locations. · importance 4.1
• Address envelopes or prepare envelope labels, using typewriter or computer. · importance 4.0
• Gather, register, and arrange the material to be typed, following instructions. · importance 4.0
• Type correspondence, reports, text and other written material from rough drafts, corrected copies, voice recordings, dictation, or previous versions, using a computer, word processor, or typewriter. · importance 4.0
• Compute and verify totals on report forms, requisitions, or bills, using adding machine or calculator. · importance 4.0
• Manage schedules and set dates, times, and locations for meetings and appointments. · importance 3.9
• Keep records of work performed. · importance 3.9
• Electronically sort and compile text and numerical data, retrieving, updating, and merging documents as required. · importance 3.8
• Search for specific sets of stored, typed characters to make changes. · importance 3.8
• Collate pages of reports and other documents. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Word Processors and Typists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Operate and resupply printers and computers, changing print wheels or fluid cartridges, adding paper, and loading blank tapes, cards, or disks into equipment.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-804}
}