Do you think Apple will design its own printer? If the engineers from Cupertino develop something new, better, and more efficient in this area, they would completely revolutionize the printer market. That would be great... What do you think?
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Is there someday the Apple printer will come?
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They did that in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_printers
But no, not really a chance, they don’t do computer peripherals like routers, printers, scanners etc. anymore. Except for mouse and keyboard of course.
But no, not really a chance, they don’t do computer peripherals like routers, printers, scanners etc. anymore. Except for mouse and keyboard of course.
omg I didn't even know...
Wasn't there a rumor that they were starting up again with airport?
Yeah no chance, I had an old Apple laser writer, there’s no money in it for them.
I recycled my ImageWriter II, when replacement ribbon was getting very difficult to find (I hated re-inking ribbons).
Great printer, still used it regularly. I think that was sometime in 2009, shortly before moving into our present house and actively reducing the tech that I needed to move -- a dot-matrix printer that I did not use, was an easy choice!
Great printer, still used it regularly. I think that was sometime in 2009, shortly before moving into our present house and actively reducing the tech that I needed to move -- a dot-matrix printer that I did not use, was an easy choice!
I remember using an ImageWriter II on an Apple IIgs. Ah those were the days. The annoying shriek of a dot matrix printer printing my homework.
Have you not received emails with a patronising "Think about forests, penguins and fluffy kittens before printing this email" footer tacked on by the corporate email server? (Especially hilarious when that's just enough to make it need an extra page when you print it out...)? Is your bank not pleading with you to opt out of receiving paper statements?
Printers are a declining technology - they're not going away completely anytime soon but electronic documents are slowly starting to make an impact and environmental concerns are making printers unsexy. We're past "peak printer" and its not a sensible time to jump on that bandwagon - and anyway, Apple would quite like you to use an iPad to carry your documents to that meeting rather than printing them out.
They already did: back in the 1980s the Mac, Pagemaker and Apple Laserwriter practically created the "desktop publishing" industry. Their inkjets weren't the first by a long chalk, but they were interesting in the way they let the computer do all the rendering. Like the Airport, Apple got out of the printer business when everybody else and their dog were making perfectly good printers and it was more important to make sure that the Mac and iDevices worked well with those.
I had an Apple printer, which probably came with my Macintosh Performa 6200 when I was a child, which is just a rebadged Canon printer.
As others mentioned, that ship has sailed a long time ago and I rarely print anything these days, except for shipping labels and stuff like that. My ScanSnap ix1500 gets more use these days as I am trying to get rid of paper copies, unless there is a reason to keep a copy.
As others mentioned, that ship has sailed a long time ago and I rarely print anything these days, except for shipping labels and stuff like that. My ScanSnap ix1500 gets more use these days as I am trying to get rid of paper copies, unless there is a reason to keep a copy.
“Printing” and paper probably will always be around. As one gets older, having constant lights beaming in the eyes tires the muscles etc. (even damages) when looking 24 hours a day (especially reading). unless humanity can rejuvenate eye cells or stop the aging (death process), printed “things” are still needed, regardless of opinion or wanting to hug a tree etc.
As far as a printer, Apple makes more money on subscriptions in the long run, so they would rather have paper print objects be gone. More money in iPads etc.
Apple will invest in what they will make money in, let’s not kid ourselves…they are a business. the printer industry is mature and ancient, no need (or money in it) to reinvent or focus.
Apple is moving more into becoming a “toy” company now..they were a computer company before, then moved into the music and media business, then tried the fashion business…maybe the car business…the medical business maybe next the food business.. (LOL). Politics and religion too…
I don’t think it would make any sense for Apple to make a printer in 2022. They’ve worked relentlessly over the years to replace paper with notes, whiteboards, online apps for registration/documentation, email, drawing, scanning… you name it they’ve replaced it!
I personally see an almost paperless future. (Though I do agree with you that if they did make one I’m sure it would be a dang good one.)
I personally see an almost paperless future. (Though I do agree with you that if they did make one I’m sure it would be a dang good one.)
