Then check if old print, scan, copy or fax jobs are still available for reprinting. If your printer can do any of these, turn it off and turn it back on again. Private printing is where you send the document, but it doesn’t actually print until you’re standing at the printer. Maybe it lets you reorder jobs in the print queue or includes a private printing feature. One clue your printer is storing data is if it has the ability to reprint documents you printed, scanned or copied days or weeks before.
If your printer is still in working order however, then keep reading for instructions on how to know if it’s storing your information and how to wipe it. Just be sure to remove any memory cards from the card-reader slots before throwing it out. No hacker is going to pull the memory chips and reconstruct whatever data might be on them, if any. So in cases where your printer dies, you don’t need to worry. Tap or click here for more information on Epson’s line of affordable EcoTank Printers, and start saving on ink today.
Tip within a tip: When it’s time to get a new printer, trust this advice: An EcoTank Printer from our sponsor Epson will cut down the cost you’re spending on ink over time. That means there’s a little less to worry about than commercial copiers that have hard drives. All-in-one printers have a bit more internal storage to support the scanner, copier and fax features, so they might store documents a bit longer, although they probably can’t save very many. Standalone consumer printers don’t actually have that much storage space, and your data is wiped when you turn off the unit.