Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 17:30:51 -0500 From: Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it time to retire the scanner ? Message-ID: <20161022223051.GA7413@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR20MB1397EBE3B58A71DC333E72F980D70@CY4PR20MB1397.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974121AA45CD8E1080F5AA6F6D70@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610220812500.93978@wonkity.com> <VI1PR02MB0974D1AA6728FD0A2A90EC74F6D70@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610221030240.687@wonkity.com> <CAOgwaMuSxp3_k6K14Q2m2yU0KLXLH5pNCQ=be-__YP8zDzeWQg@mail.gmail.com> <CY4PR20MB1397AEFDF13334F33430761C80D70@CY4PR20MB1397.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <20161022224754.162d0870.freebsd@edvax.de> <CY4PR20MB1397EBE3B58A71DC333E72F980D70@CY4PR20MB1397.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 09:39:23PM +0000, Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:47:54 +0200, Polytropon stated: > > > On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 20:13:33 +0000, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:09:01 -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk stated: > > Serious logic problems here. You don't need ink to scan, unless you are > scanning and printing the document(s) simultaneously, in which case you That's uninformed. Manufacturers of inexpensive devices make their money on ink, and design their products to stop functioning, whether ink is needed for the particular function or not. A simple google search will turn up hundreds of these complaints. Here is a start: https://consumerist.com/2013/01/24/if-you-want-to-scan-without-an-ink-cartridge- maybe-dont-buy-an-all-in-one-at-all/
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