Thoughts -> Re: classiccmp server

[Tom Jennings]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Ron Hudson wrote:

> I once was wondering if a backup software could be written that writes to
> laser printer.

Not sure about toner longevity, but it's otherwise not a joke.


> Backups would be read in with a scanner..
> 
> Hmm limit usable area to 8"x10" = 80 sq in.  600 dpi = 48mb per page.

A size dot addressable? Don't think so... reliably, a few K,
or tens of K. Maybe 100K with a proprietary wacko scheme.

Better yet, good quality text, human and machine readable,
redundant, copyable, etc etc ...

Density isn't the only metric...