Professionals use computers for many things, for example, to store their information. It might be hard to keep up or to find the information they need when printed on paper. So they just copy the information and put it into their computers, where they can just type in a keyword and then they quickly the information they need.
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Modern fax machines use senors to transmit text.
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Lacking a response to my question, I'll assume there's no "correct' answer here.
Joaquin could contact the university's graphic arts department, or if he's interested in the programming side of it, the computer science department, and ask if they have any information on the topic. If he's already majoring to become an animator, then he should talk to one of his professors to see if they know someone in the business that would speak with Joaquin.
The faster and better way would be to go to reddit, or some site at which animators congregate (most probably found through Google), read the forums, and create if he's not finding a suitable answer.