This is our Canon copy machine at work. Some joker noticed
that its touchscreen control panel is a Windows app. So he fired up Windows
Media Player, which he set to play Beethoven over and over. There's a PC hardwired
to the copier and it has a tiny, tinny speaker, which you can barely hear. But
a little music to occupy you while you're copying isn't so bad.
Why does this copier need Windows? Because it's also a
scanner. You can do copy-machine stuff without touching the Windows screen, but
you can also use the copier to scan and email directly, which is what the
external screen and the attached PC does. It's a pretty cool setup, although advanced
copying is still beyond my ken. Just this morning I royally messed up making
double-sided copies from one-sided originals. There needs to be a book:
Photocopying for Dummies.
