| In one visit to an MFD you can fax a document to a third party, e-mail a copy to the accounts department, and print out a hard copy for yourself. |
| Some hard copy materials, such as lithographic prints and oil paintings, can have many more degrees of freedom, however. |
| A paper receipt is coming out of the back of the computer, a hard copy for counting purposes. |
| At this point, the files are commonly scanned into a digital file, but sometimes are returned as hard copy by overnight delivery. |
| The experimenter showed the participants out and then printed out a hard copy of the results of the session from the data disk. |
| Imprint obtained a hard copy of an e-mail that appears to confirm that a slate was indeed constructed at the last minute. |
