By Peter Lavelle
Thursday 18th February 2010 14:03 GMT
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet.com has declared his printer ready for the morgue.
Once, the technology journalist never surfed the net without his faithful device. Sheet after sheet of immaculate print-out was deposited onto the document tray. The whirr that accompanied a completed print was birdsong in March.
Now, the dust settled on the chassis dampens the sunlight, and the top cover hides a spider’s nest. Black ink trickles from the disused cartridges like drool, and the green LED flickers – like an injured man struggling to stay awake. Only the occasional whirr reminds Kingsley-Hughes that his printer exists.
Of course, Kingsley-Hughes is a technology journalist. He spends his days testing how many apps make an iPhone explode, and sneering at Internet Explorer 7 users. He pines to upload himself to the web, and escape fleshy existence.
Given this, what else could Kingsley-Hughes throw toward his printer but sneers?
Meanwhile, back in reality 32% of offices are stuffing their printers with greater quantities of paper than ever before, according to a recent AIIM release. Consumer ink revenues – now $100 million globally – will skyrocket again on 2011, according to Lyra Research. And printouts are warm like freshly baked bread.
Nothing stops Kingsley-Hughes dropping from silicon heaven and giving his printer’s eulogy. He might download an iPhone app to dig the peripheral’s grave. Everyone else will be taking sheaves of warm paper from the document tray.
Sources
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ‘The Slow Demise Of The Printer,’ ZDnet.com, 17 February 2010.
Image
Beth Hoffman, ‘Night of the Living Dead Printer,’ Flickr.com, 8 January 2009.
Thursday 18th February 2010 14:03 GMT
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet.com has declared his printer ready for the morgue.
Once, the technology journalist never surfed the net without his faithful device. Sheet after sheet of immaculate print-out was deposited onto the document tray. The whirr that accompanied a completed print was birdsong in March.
Now, the dust settled on the chassis dampens the sunlight, and the top cover hides a spider’s nest. Black ink trickles from the disused cartridges like drool, and the green LED flickers – like an injured man struggling to stay awake. Only the occasional whirr reminds Kingsley-Hughes that his printer exists.
Of course, Kingsley-Hughes is a technology journalist. He spends his days testing how many apps make an iPhone explode, and sneering at Internet Explorer 7 users. He pines to upload himself to the web, and escape fleshy existence.
Given this, what else could Kingsley-Hughes throw toward his printer but sneers?
Meanwhile, back in reality 32% of offices are stuffing their printers with greater quantities of paper than ever before, according to a recent AIIM release. Consumer ink revenues – now $100 million globally – will skyrocket again on 2011, according to Lyra Research. And printouts are warm like freshly baked bread.
Nothing stops Kingsley-Hughes dropping from silicon heaven and giving his printer’s eulogy. He might download an iPhone app to dig the peripheral’s grave. Everyone else will be taking sheaves of warm paper from the document tray.
Sources
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ‘The Slow Demise Of The Printer,’ ZDnet.com, 17 February 2010.
Image
Beth Hoffman, ‘Night of the Living Dead Printer,’ Flickr.com, 8 January 2009.
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