I had a client for whom I wrote a training section management program, part of the output of which was joining instructions for the trainees. Whenever there was an error or issue with the detail, the whole lot would be reprinted and the waste thrown in a bin, which I collected from time to time.. Now, twenty years later, I'm still using the printed-on-one-side only waste for internal test reports!
John in Brisbane > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Igor PDML-StR > Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018 2:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C- > camera line? > > > > In my experience, consumer computing technologies gave boost to > higher paper consumption, including very frequently senseless paper waste. > In the era of typewriters, for a few errors, people would use a > white-out, and only occasionally would reprint the entire page. With > computers, people thoughtlessly reprint the entire 10-20 page-long > because of a minor typo on page 19. ... and then once more, and > then again. > > > But often, the higher paper consumption does help productivity. > Guilty as charged: while preparing grant proposals or publications, or > reviewing those of others, - most of the time I do that on paper. > It's just much easier to see things, and you can have many pages in view > (if you have a large table or couch). > > So, I was very surprised to hear about the paper being the reason > for the office-product companies' financial problems. > > Igor > > > Bruce Walker Thu, 15 Nov 2018 05:40:48 -0800 wrote: > > When I began my career in 1978 I worked for one of the then Big Three > word processor companies (AES Data, Canada's answer to Wang and IBM) > and the phrase "paperless office" was widely heard. Paper would soon > be obsolete. > > > When I wrapped up my full time career in 2010 I worked in the Toronto > office of a San Francisco wireless firm (Soma Networking) and was > located not far from a big honking multi copier/printer (possibly a > Ricoh) that churned out documents all the time. This despite that all > meetings featured a table full of laptops and tablets. > > "Paperless office". Pffft. :-) > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 4:43 AM Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It’s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all the other office equipment > > companies) are having a terrible time as the world abandons paper > > documents. > > > > Rick > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
