Our photocopiers at work are networked, so I can see how this could be possible. Although I'm not sure how you install a patch or ATF on a photocopier - where would you insert the CD?!?
Talking of networked things, years and years ago a Coke machine was hooked up to the web at MIT (I think), so it was possible to see if the machine had run out of a particular brand without having to walk to the machine.