[ale] copiers: one more thing to be paranoid about

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue Apr 20 13:33:34 EDT 2010


Michael Trausch wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 13:07 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> Um, duh! They're called _copiers_
>>
>> "I'm a copier. I make copies" <bender's office machine friend>
>>
>> It may be time to dig apart some printers as well and look for
>> document storage abilities. Reprint ability requires document storage
>> ability. 
> 
> Perhaps I should have been a bit more clear:  It's a really expensive
> all-in-one multifunction device that does printing, scanning, copying,
> duplexing, finishing, etc., with multiple paper sizes and handles FAXing
> and provides a file share service and FTP upload and does PostScript 3
> and all of these wonderful other things.  (Honestly, if I could afford
> one... I'd so get it.  Just for the stapling and hole-punching
> capabilities that it has... that's damn sexy, IMHO.)
> 
> It does everything, though.  I wouldn't be surprised if it logs
> everything that it can hold.

So you probably don't want to be making copies of your tax return at 
Kinkos...

> 
> 	--- Mike
> 


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Until later, Geoffrey

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