From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Oct 22 22:31:13 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1EA9C1D782 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stoa@gmx.us) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CF1EFD for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:31:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stoa@gmx.us) Received: from archlinux.localdomain ([97.66.215.44]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MCcE2-1c6IHF35k2-009TKW for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 00:31:04 +0200 Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 17:30:51 -0500 From: Dutch Ingraham To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it time to retire the scanner ? Message-ID: <20161022223051.GA7413@archlinux.localdomain> References: <20161022224754.162d0870.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:883p69FnWUXgN0wPfgTgvzWoQYwEQ1MuarDXSallIln2E1Vp0yD 2C1nnjJavboQQOPFZ+86z9mkRtqkNNz1MZU7Mfo21UKIuWaBwIIvvh6Do9GfFylKY9BMu6L jl8T3ER+r1jkJ0hx2wzORUts+ChPiNUBtszvuQ8wn31MVhklCJq38IR+HaVGOfGnxI7pI8g gkq8gatgo6TU0S5QIFb6Q== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:VczaU6ay9Cc=:CcbKMPD6mfAp3tUIx53vYK eY9IWcjrnA9wpzlmuouAJt7Wl0O0v7VCtLMCQ8wAcBQ4+PfE//jC6HF6k3er+DFOhe+IHblhr 4MVBniEcM/TNKIOxOK4hknvSjETks+erX0C5PVomiqHsYzi+mfvtzUEjeUY5o9uSn73lX9H92 3MSkG98KDHpnkzvcE/+bDDGisjbVAeEECVGTkQ8u/Bzc9xYN6yVM/wWDqgbrVIadmy+dFedOI noub8zX5QiJg0La9QaLmo+UNkQ2P/GEY69ffZfqbuDcKJyqqNGkLlcM7IPOkFBJBDwy9Nso57 6qm8VwQs/gE3UicEN+mr2DKx3aVxhdJiZC6jPiHhsYFn0IXiqT45pTVfYmCjQ3A4s+PNs3nHh MU3CwkPSCeLSBmOkxj+iGsoUTf7V46Hr0OKrCro4MJIDDhm7tVZgg3s6gRW/9+zJyrSdAiMpi JYQOWmGBC5x5e1dQMYcUpp/6ZSTYAaPaCCWksmmT0RVEQvvS72qt/E80n6NO3tur7zP/JaijN CeNSkTts0X7v2acn/xUsSt8oKrOrZVvdNH+6XRCSi9jkIklKYrvMSP4+x87D8O/QskRT8jUyR mUK23yNEeAqqiGci/hvrRFoOc41x9oo1fwTGnV6EwtZBClWRsu0X/cZgF9jcHya2sX/l/YBmY 5xfqHFCfdQYt7qQm2/RaCHCK7tzkOz/bxdso0KbqedJvGPMu4pZrHbraJSr2nLL7b+aOox21X e0aNVQyejUyAdLZw6mH3Ri7SNWvwRDIJbXcMj+zWAcu3Kn7kYjM5HFFd+/M= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:31:13 -0000 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/