Internet of Things Scanner

[greengeek]

I wonder if wifi printers are considered IoT devices? They are increasingly common and often sit there powered on all day.

[Flash]

Not only that, but many if not all all-in-one printer/scanner/copiers have a hard disk drive inside that records whatever's copied or printed. Modern copiers don't work like old-fashioned ones. Most copiers now are actually scanner/printers. The output of the scanner is recorded in the hard disk drive, though I'm not sure why, then fed to the printer. People have taken the hard disk drive from a discarded copier and been able to recover from the drive documents that had been copied.

[drunkjedi]

The hard drive is for bulk copy.
I remember when I was studying and didn't have money for books, the copiers around the college area would have books scanned and saved on that drive.
I would just have to give name of book and he will start copy then spiral bind those pages and I would have low cost book to study from.
It saves them scanning each time again. And can copy months later too.
Every new functionality creates new issues.

[greengeek]

The hard drive is for bulk copy.

And for frequently used templates too sometimes.