Re: Input capable printer

It wouldn't be a printer Booth - it would be a scanner. The fact that
they are often housed in the same unit is just a convenience to allow it
to perform the function of a copier.

Look at it on your PC if you have one connected - it shows as two entities.


Jon Paris

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On Jul 25, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Now that raises an unasked question: Aren't many printers today

bi-directional?

Which leads to other questions, like.. would I ever want an RPG program

to get its input from a printer that has scanned a document?

On 7/25/2017 12:40 PM, Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc. wrote:

I also find it frustrating to have to specify every little detail. For

example, if I say it is a printer file, then of course the thing is output.
How many input-capable printers have you ever encountered?

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