it should come as no surprise that an HP executive called the paperless office a fallacy – there’s little chance the of world’s largest computer printer maker saying otherwise.
HP senior vice president Bruce Dahlgren says: “It’s unrealistic to think that printing is just going to go away”.
Computerworld Australia reports him saying: ” the way people print and copy is changing.” Dahlgren says people are printing more documents but fewer pages. They take more care about what gets printed.
I do the same.
Since starting my paperless journalist project I’ve managed to cut the number of printed pages by more than 60 percent, but zero remains a long way off.
I rarely print incoming documents for reading. But I still need to proof-read on paper – especially when I write important or longer pieces.
There’s no question I catch more errors in my work when proof-reading paper documents. I’m not alone. Online reading is tiring and online proofing is less accurate.