<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I read somewhere that one of the reasons was that it allows employers to check if their employes are printing work related material or personal material. Coupled with the use of a log-in system in order to use the copier it would allow the identification of workers who are using it for their own means and are stealing etc.<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 13/5/10, Kris Davidson <i><davidson.kris@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Kris Davidson <davidson.kris@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [dundee] Copiers have hard drives?<br>To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee@lists.lug.org.uk><br>Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010, 9:03<br><br><div class="plainMail">A few reasons spring to mind, chiefly the ability to keep a record of<br>documents printed. Though you
can do this already; perhaps having HDs<br>will make it easier for people. Also I know we do some pretty large<br>graphics printing and perhaps the RAM can't cope.<br><br>Kris<br><br>On 13 May 2010 08:36, Axel <<a ymailto="mailto:newsletter@axelbor.de" href="/mc/compose?to=newsletter@axelbor.de">newsletter@axelbor.de</a>> wrote:<br>> Interesting, but why they have a hard disc? I mean from a technical<br>> point it isn't necessary. If it necessary to store a document<br>> temporarily, it can store into the RAM and after switching off the<br>> machine all sensible data past away.<br>><br>><br>> Quoting Robert Ladyman <<a ymailto="mailto:it@file-away.co.uk" href="/mc/compose?to=it@file-away.co.uk">it@file-away.co.uk</a>>:<br>><br>>> Thank you for that - I've been trying to warn clients about discarding<br>>> equipment for a long time, with nobody listening: this will help.<br>>><br>>>
RJL<br>>><br>>>> Seemingly since 2002 digital copiers have hard drives to store all<br>>>> photocopied information. So you have companies or organisations dumping<br>>>> their old photocopiers without realising that all their sensitive data that<br>>>> has been photocopied are still on that copier's hard drive:<br>>>><br>>>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pIFUOav2xE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pIFUOav2xE</a><br>>>><br>>>> Gordon<br>>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>><br>>> Robert Ladyman<br>>> File-Away Limited, 32 Church Street, Newtyle<br>>> Perthshire, PH12 8TZ SCOTLAND<br>>> Registered in Scotland, Company Number SC222086<br>>> Tel: +44 (0) 1828 898 158<br>>> Mobile: +44 (0) 7732 771 649<br>>> <a href="http://www.file-away.co.uk"
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