I am suddenly filled with pangs of notalgia. The good old dot matrix printer used to zizz along so reliably and only needed a new ribbon. And the very first Canon printer I had was such a neat little machine, not much bigger than an A4 sheet of paper and only an inch thich. Whatever happened? Why are printers now such large pieces of furniture? I haven't owned one for at least five years. Who needs hard copy, anyway?