By this logic Tony, I take it a networked printer would also be "missing the point"?

No, because you don't have to load the printer ahead of time, so it's only one trip. Unlike two trips for a networked scanner:

Networked printer:

- Press print from your desk.
- Walk to printer and grab your printout.

Networked scanner:

- Walk to scanner and place your photo under the lid.
- Walk back to your desk.
- Scan from your desk.
- Walk back to the scanner to retrieve the photo.

Regular scanner with shared "scans" folder:

- Walk to scanner and place photo under the lid.
- Scan and save, then retrieve the photo.
- Walk back to your desk and open the photo across the network.