Printing et al.

[david at lang.hm]

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Hal Murray wrote:

>> School systems may have more ideas. Maybe print over the network to a
>> central location and snail mail the hard copy back. That's not very
>> economical but my point is we should let the users come up with some
>> suggestions.
>
> I can easily believe variations on that would be appropriate in some cases.
>
> Even if most printing is done locally, there may be only one printer in the
> city or school district that can handle some jobs.  I'm thinking of things
> like color or transparencies or big/huge paper for posters at a conference or
> science fair.
>
> Bicycle net might be faster than snail mail.  Or maybe it's just a long walk.

but the mesh network should be faster than either.

David Lang