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You should probably get a cheap IoT camera to keep an eye on that printer!
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not "get", build it with an esp32 & Tasmota (or whatever).

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010326236256.html

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And then bug a camera to monitor the first camera
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I have a poe reolink camera doorbell that I am yet to install...
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I've got the Reolink PoE doorbell and it works great!
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Your printer doesn't make weird noises?
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All bets are off if you use unapproved third-party toner cartridges...
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Nothing unexpected or I am not used to
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have you tried putting a loaded wep next to it?
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I would love if my printer was more dumb. It's cheaper to buy an AIO than a separate document (with duplex) and flatbed scanner.
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Nowadays smartphones do credible document scanning for most consumer use cases. iPhones had this built in before COVID at the latest.

But the printer comment was actually a reference to a meme about how different groups of people relate to technology.

Nobody on the Internet can ring my doorbell because it's a dumb button that connects to a dumb, literal bell.

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> Nowadays smartphones do credible document scanning for most consumer use cases. iPhones had this built in before COVID at the latest.

Now do 40 pages, front-and-back, with your smartphone.

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That's not "most consumer use cases".

I have not once in my entire life had to scan 40 pages at once. I bet I've never done more than 15 at once.

For the once in a blue moon that I need to scan 40 double-sided pages I'd just go to my local print shop.

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Okay I exaggerated, but 15 would be bad enough. I use the sheet-feed multiple times a year:

- Banking/Investment documents (I actually sent a fax to a bank last year because $REASONS)

- Foster-care related stuff

- Sending tax documents to my accountant

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I got flashbacks from preparing immigration papers…
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I mean yes and no. If I knew your address, I could 100% ring your doorbell from the Internet.

CTRL+T, doordash.com, McDonalds, "ring doorbell please", pay, done.

I know this isn't what you mean, but, humans are buttons (or button pressers?)

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To handle older cars that can't close the door by itself, Waymo (used to?) pay nearby DoorDash drivers to close it.
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Picturing the scene from Where The Buffalo Roam.

... but I think that was a fax machine.

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