Copiers - What I didn't know about them.‏

**Karen** · 05-10-2010, 06:07 PM

The way copiers work now is that they are a combination of a scanner and a printer. The scanner part does what an old flatbed scanner would do, and creates a file with the scanned image. It is far faster that way than old technology of having the image "captured" temporarily on a drum, and results in better copies. But if the files are not then set to erase as the end of the day, or the end of the week or at some set time, there they sit, forever after.

**lvpets2002** · 05-11-2010, 12:33 PM

Wholy Crap I am like so Stunned.. I will be getting with my boss on our company copier.. Mine at the house is just a scanner & printer so I dont think it has a hard drive.. I will be checking into that too.. Thanks Wom for the Video update..

**Karen** · 05-11-2010, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by lvpets2002

Wholy Crap I am like so Stunned.. I will be getting with my boss on our company copier.. Mine at the house is just a scanner & printer so I dont think it has a hard drive.. I will be checking into that too.. Thanks Wom for the Video update..

If it has a scanner, it most likely has a hard drive, even if it is a small one, to hold the image between the moment it is scanned, and when it is printed.

**lvpets2002** · 05-11-2010, 12:37 PM

Well that answered that.. Yes it is a scanner & copier & fax combo.. I just had no idea or even thought about them having hard drives..

Originally Posted by Karen

If it has a scanner, it most likely has a hard drive, even if it is a small one, to hold the image between the moment it is scanned, and when it is printed.