In my quest to repair the damage inflicted by Tux, our neighbor's 90 pound dog, I meticulously compared prices of grass seed at the store.
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But we should never forget that at the end of the day, we design these solutions for humans to operate, maintain, and ultimately produce whatever it is we want. Īutomation has a long ways to go before we've streamlined our machines to the level of the modern copier. And very high reliability, in spite of the characters who use these machines and what they use them for. Networking capabilities including scanning and individual user setups that are easy to use and tremendously helpful. Paper feed options that are easy to manage. Easily replaced and recycled consumable (ink, carbon) containers. Paper handling advancements that have increased speeds significantly while all but eliminating frustrating jams. Options presented in an intuitive manner on easy to read displays. Automatic (and reliable) stapling of collated copies. HMI/visual walk through for setup and recovery steps. Thanks to a relatively low cost of entry to get into the business and high product demand, there has been a truly remarkable transformation in the design and functionality of this machine.Ĭolor copying. Early versions of the copier (say from a few years ago when I started by career in 1981) were relatively crude, frustrating machines. My favorite illustration of this point is the development of the common copier machine.
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Then, focus on designing automation with humans in mind. It would be more accurate and productive, I believe, to say "humans are reality". I read a post from another #automation integrator today on LinkedIn stating that "humans are the problem" when it comes to automation not functioning properly.