Q: we had to write short stories for school, and mine is really embarassing. my brother's laptop's printer is working so i can print it off in his room. but if he reads it, he would make fun of my story endlessly. anyhow, if i print something off the computer, is the text saved anywhere on the computer? is there like a "recently printed" file or something?? or would i be completely in the clear?
A: Yes. Windows' printing function makes it's own file for printing even if you're just plugging in a flash drive or thumb drive. It's called the "print spooler." If, and only if, your brother is truly a computer guru, will he be able to find it and read it. He first has to suspect that it was there. Or, maybe he's paranoid to the point that he checks for that kind of thing frequently--I don't know. One must only know the file name algorithm used by the windows spooler and then one must know only how to recover deleted files. Is your brother a computer science major? If so, maybe best to print it at the library.