The sort of social awkwardness displayed in the TV series The Office hasn’t changed much since the UK original was first shown back in 2001. But the background environment has: the role of the printer is no longer the same.
In that series, as in most offices of the time, the printer played a particular role, being essential to getting work completed as well as acting as a meeting point for staff. Forget ‘watercooler moments’ – printer moments were more likely to be the reality.
The printer market back then was focused on adding features to products, an approach that...