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Originally Posted by moz
Where I've worked the printers have been treated the same as air conditioning and electricity - something that just has to be paid for. I mean that both ways - these people would no more think of turning their computer off than of proofreading a document on their screen.
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I was amazed to discover, at my new job, that IT had convinced the office to leave their PCs on all night! Color my mind boggled.
But I've also been in offices where every desktop PC had a printer... until I showed them how to use a network and knock 12 printers down to 2 (1 in color). As I said, the obvious savings made it a no-brainer. Setting up a file server, allowing people to stop swapping paper by sneakernet, also saved money, and was an easy-sell.
People may like their little conveniences, but if the boss decides it's time to change... even if it's just to benefit his back pocket... things change.
Moz, I agree I'd love to see displays improve until they can be compared favorably to transparencies, not paper, not CRT resolution.