Chapter 13. Installing and Managing Printers
As much as everyone would like to have a paperless office, it appears we’ll all be much grayer (or balder, or both) before that completely comes to pass. Office paper consumption peaked in 1999, and since then the quantities of waste in the office paper-recycling bin have leveled off and in some places they have actually begun to shrink—slightly. However, even if few are printing out their emails before reading them, paper remains at the center of many business operations.
The cost of basic printers has declined dramatically, and companies are investing in sophisticated high-speed printers that allow users to handle jobs that once required an outside print shop. These printers are expensive both to buy ...