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Th better questions is "Why do we still have printers"
by syshum 6y ago
Th better questions is "Why do we still have printers"
- chrisseaton 6y agoSometimes I'm taking notes into the field or something and don't have any reliable power and can't carry any extra weight.
- analog31 6y agoWhile their use is hopefully dwindling, I expect there will be a long tail. In my household, the printer gets used for a couple of things. The first is sheet music. Musicians are starting to use a big tablet screen, with a foot pedal to turn the pages, but adoption will be slow. Musicians seem innately impatient with technologies that don't just work instantly when you pull them out of the box. The other thing is documents to read for school, which is still more ergonomic when done with paper. At the office, I suspect nobody needs to print any more, because nobody reads any more. I can't count the number of times I've hit "send" on a report that I was supposed to write, and a manager will be in my cube a few minutes later asking me if I could just summarize it for them. The first paragraph in the report is a summary.
- ioseph 6y agoTablets are well and good for reading sheet music, but I can't imagine scribbling rehearsal notes / markings on a tablet in a way that's not infuriating.
- kome 6y agoI like to read on paper...
- ben509 6y agoTBH, I don't, on the rare occasions I need to print, I just order a print via Fedex and pick it up in the store. It's usually stuff like an insurance card or temporary registration for my car.