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Gary Wheeler wrote:
When your equipment sells for $1.5M-$2.5M
!!! I thought I remembered that you worked on/built large expensive equipment. :thumbsup:
Yup. We build commercial inkjet printing systems that print full color, front and back, at up to 17 feet of paper per second. In other words, we ain't your mama's DeskJet :-D.
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Yup. We build commercial inkjet printing systems that print full color, front and back, at up to 17 feet of paper per second. In other words, we ain't your mama's DeskJet :-D.
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Or repurpose a desktop and put TrueNAS on it. Works for me.
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
A "real" NAS uses less power, particularly when it isn't being accessed - mine idles at less than 20W (and wakes immediately on LAN use) and can sleep at less than 1W. My PC on the other handy is a greedy bugger! :-D
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Yup. We build commercial inkjet printing systems that print full color, front and back, at up to 17 feet of paper per second. In other words, we ain't your mama's DeskJet :-D.
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delete this;Man! Imagine the paper cut you could get at that speed! :laugh:
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Yup. We build commercial inkjet printing systems that print full color, front and back, at up to 17 feet of paper per second. In other words, we ain't your mama's DeskJet :-D.
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delete this;Have heard that in such printer systems, the software is generally the slower component amongst hardware and software; hardware, even though mechanical / electro-mechanical is faster among the two. Is this true?
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Man! Imagine the paper cut you could get at that speed! :laugh:
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
up to 17 feet of paper per second
Truly amazing! That's got to be cool to watch it print.
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Yup. We build commercial inkjet printing systems that print full color, front and back, at up to 17 feet of paper per second. In other words, we ain't your mama's DeskJet :-D.
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Man! Imagine the paper cut you could get at that speed! :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Have heard that in such printer systems, the software is generally the slower component amongst hardware and software; hardware, even though mechanical / electro-mechanical is faster among the two. Is this true?
We have dedicated computers and hardware to handle high-speed interactions. Print data for example is sent over fiber optic links from the data source to the printheads. Our controller application (the part I work on) is a Windows UI application and a group of services, all heavily multithreaded.
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
inkjet
Gary Wheeler wrote:
17 feet of paper per second
And the home consumer thinks *his* inkjet printer goes through ink fast...
We sell ink in 5L "cubies" (think wine box, just cubical), 208L drums, and 1000+L tubs.
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Yup. We build commercial inkjet printing systems that print full color, front and back, at up to 17 feet of paper per second. In other words, we ain't your mama's DeskJet :-D.
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delete this;Having worked on such printers back in the 90's in my hardware maintenance days, often in the middle of the night (one such night with a 102 degree fever), I bet I can make a very good guess which company you work for.
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Indeed. It's running joke about lethal paper cuts. The other joke is "baptism" when the machine dumps ink on you.
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The other joke is "baptism" when the machine dumps ink on you.
That only happens when you are wearing a new suit and / or tie to meet a client ...:mad:
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The other joke is "baptism" when the machine dumps ink on you.
That only happens when you are wearing a new suit and / or tie to meet a client ...:mad:
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We actual did that to a corporate guy touring one of the labs. Some tubing on a test stand cut loose and sprayed him with yellow ink. We bought him a new suit :doh: .
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
... and they'd never have to do this again.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Nah. They buy them an SSD each and in six months, they will be full again. I have a 1TB SSD, a 500GB SSD, and 2 1TB HDDs in my desktop, plus a 16TB NAS, a 4TB NAS, and a 2TB NAS under the desk, a pile of 2TB and 4TB external drives (some of which are stored at a friends house at any given time). And every time I upgrade storage, it gets fuller ... :-D Get them a big heavy duty NAS (I can recommend QNAP) and put it under someone else's control. They will fill that too, but at least it stands a chance of being backed up ...
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Sounds like digital hoarding! How many copies of copies of things do you have going on? I'll create a back up of something, then that'll get backed up into another folder, then that PC will be upgraded and I'll copy the whole thing into another folder which will get backed up, then onto another disc in case the first blows up. It's the digital equivalent of a garage full of stuff you're too afraid to throw away in case you may one day need it. Yep 2x 4TB drives full of garbage in my PC currently. 16TB is really quite a lot when you think about it..
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
up to 17 feet of paper per second
Truly amazing! That's got to be cool to watch it print.
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We sell ink in 5L "cubies" (think wine box, just cubical), 208L drums, and 1000+L tubs.
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Our two tech writers sit behind me. They use Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, and Photoshop, as well as several large-ish art packages. They are constantly wrangling disk space, moving files around trying to free enough room to do their job. They have one 250GB drive apiece :omg: . I sit here with two 2TB SSD's and a 2TB hard drive (currently empty). For the hour or so each and every day wasted on this activity, they could buy an SSD for each and they'd never have to do this again.
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
they could buy an SSD for each and they'd never have to do this again.
Is it that the company will not buy a bigger drive? Or perhaps they just think the company will not?
I've mentioned this to our hardware wrangler, and nothing's happened. He's not the most motivated guy.
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Our two tech writers sit behind me. They use Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, and Photoshop, as well as several large-ish art packages. They are constantly wrangling disk space, moving files around trying to free enough room to do their job. They have one 250GB drive apiece :omg: . I sit here with two 2TB SSD's and a 2TB hard drive (currently empty). For the hour or so each and every day wasted on this activity, they could buy an SSD for each and they'd never have to do this again.
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delete this;CAPEX (capital expenses) and OPEX (operating expenses) are different budget categories. In many cases, the tax treatment differs, too.
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