OT: Printer Suggestions

[Daniel Feenberg]

While it is clear that a big printer is better and cheaper per page 
printed, that ignores the fact that the demand for pages printed will be 
much higher with a fast central printer than a slow local printer. People 
will send of 60 page prints just to see what is in them when the printer 
is fast and 50 feet away. If it is local and a minute per page, they will 
think twice. (I am not saying they won't ever print, just that often they 
won't).

We have all centralized printers, and while I wouldn't go out of my way to 
change the situation, I wouldn't protest a change. There are advantages 
and disadvantages to both. In the end, I think the most important 
advantage of the central printer is the saving is desktop real estate.


Daniel Feenberg