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We didn't start putting computers on everyone's desk until the mid 90s. Prior to that printed output dominated businesses.
by akira2501 2y ago
We didn't start putting computers on everyone's desk until the mid 90s. Prior to that printed output dominated businesses.
- Dylan16807 2y agoIt's still a pretty crazy idea to add something that only works on printers at that time. It's very much worth asking about OS support, and "it's there because printers" leaves a lot of story untold, it's not a sufficient answer.
- akira2501 2y agoWe did printing with heads on specialized form paper. If you wanted to change the font you opened up the printer, took out the head, and replaced it with a new head. The character set standard defined how the head was physically manufactured. You want all the printers in your fleet to produce identical output. In 1985 "OS Support" meant picking up the phone and talking to the vendor directly.