How Computers Work, Ninth Edition

Part 8. How Printers Work

	From the earliest days the hands of printers have wielded a great power, the magical power to reproduce words a thousandfold.
	--Helmut Presser

IN the early days of personal computers, when people thought it was simply a revolution rather than a fundamental change in our existence, someone came up with the idea that all this computerized data would lead to the “paperless office.” We’re entering the second century in which we ...