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by patrickg_zill 2960 days ago
Some copiers have "mailbox" functionality - I can send a document to "Mailbox 57" via fax or scanning or other method; and then someone from the department that Mailbox 57 references can walk up, type in their PIN code, and get all the documents in their mailbox printed out.

They can usually choose to store the documents unless their allocated space is full; sometimes after 15 or 30 days the old documents are deleted. Of course, if you just unplugged a system and got rid of it, the "delete after 30 days" code would never be run.