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I'm going to guess that the common theme here is that we're all forwarding port 9100 or 631 to our printer to allow ourselves to print from outside the network, which sets up an HTTP server at that address open to the internet.
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Seriously?! Ignoring the fact that I can't remember when I last print something, who needs to print to their house from the internet? Can't they just print it when they get home?
Semi off topic anecdote: when I was at Lockheed the head of HR came to me with a Manila envelope and said "I need to know who printed this and when! And I need to know now!"
I took the envelope and looked at it... It was a bunch of prints of gay porn and gay porn websites.
After a few minutes of digging, it was revealed to be one of the directors in the company had printed them late the night before. Checking the badge system he wasn't in the building. Checked VPN logs and he was logged in at the time.
He was mistakenly on VPN from his house and printed stuff that went to his default printer which happened to be the one in the office.
He was previously thought to be a married straight guy.
Similar scenario happened where I was working one summer. The printer in the office I was borrowing started printing porn while I was out. "I swear it wasn't me!" Not sure if they identified the guilty party.
Eh, it could just mean that technological mishaps can have real world consequences. Presumably the man did not want people to know that he was gay, whatever the reason for that was we can't say for sure.
- They have expensive software on a computer in one place that does not have a printer, and a printer at home without the software
- A couple that works from home likes to collaborate while one of them is one the road, with one printing stuff directly to home after meeting with clients
- They like to print stuff from work while things are on their mind (itineraries, boarding passes, etc.) so that they don't have to think about logistics once they're home with family
- etc.
Beware the sentence that starts with "Can't they just..."
I've actually found it useful in the past to be able to print stuff when I'm not in the office - not useful enough that I really care about the feature, just that since it's there it saves a small step in the alternative of emailing then having them open and print it.
Would be to my office, and why not because I've never needed to. Our current printer can't do printing from over the internet and I don't care enough to bother setting it up.
Seriously?! Ignoring the fact that I can't remember when I last print something, who needs to print to their house from the internet? Can't they just print it when they get home?