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Why is anyone buying a printer at all?
Hey, printer people out there! What do you you use your printer for? My printer is just sitting idle collecting dust. Can’t think of anything I would need to print. Everything is digital these days.
In less developed countries, you'd need printed copies for a lot of stuff, especially legal documents.
Speaking from experience.
Exactly this. I live in a first-ish world country around Asia, and the moment you need paperwork dealt in any other nearby country, a printer is going to save you lots of trips to the convenience store.
Ugh... Asian beureaucracy at its best...
South East Asia?
...indeed.
Oh, I remember those. The government here has been working to go digital for the past 30 years, and now it’s beginning to pay off.
Good for you! My country is going toward that direction, but corruption kinda keeps the progress slow. Still some progress here and there.
I have a printer for the occasional need to print documents. Mind blowing I know, but that's why I keep one around. It gathers dust most of the time, but it's super useful when the odd need arises.
I for one can't read correctly anything longer than a lemmy post on a screen. I print more or less anything that I'm want to read with my brain fully present - I usually outline and comment on paper too, makes it easier to remember. Latest use case : printing out dnd character sheets to do my charac design for BG3
Ok, that seems like a sensible use case.
I’ve heard many people say that reading stuff on a screen is more distracting and they have trouble focusing. I don’t feel that way, so screens are just fine for me.