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Well, I was pre-emptively explaining it, because I realised in mid-anecdote that printers don't need that kind of thing these days. Maybe you are right, and it
by dannyobrien 4y ago
Well, I was pre-emptively explaining it, because I realised in mid-anecdote that printers don't need that kind of thing these days. Maybe you are right, and it is obvious to someone skilled in the arts, as the patent applications say!
- reaperducer 4y agoThey do need them, it's just that the buffer is built in to the printer now because memory and integration are so cheap. The giant Kyocera printer at work has a little screen where it shows you it not only loading up the print buffer, but purging the information from the disk afterward so there is no trace of PII remaining.
- leereeves 4y agoThey have them, because, as you said, it's so cheap. But I think dannyobrien is correct; they probably don't need them, because modern OSes have print queues and the computer is no longer useless while printing.
- krallja 4y agoIt’s nice to be able to run off a long document, pack up your laptop, and pick up the document on your way out the door to the (courtroom|client|boardroom|exam hall|___etc___).
- Someone 4y agoEven if the printer is dumb and doesn’t interpret a page description language such as PostScript, I don’t think it’s feasible to get the timing right to drive modern printing hardware when the buffer is on some random other piece of hardware whose OS you don’t even control, even if the connection is by cable.