This is a question we get everyday on the job. With all of the digital content floating around and with all of the access to cloud based storage drives, there is a decrease in paper being used. If you want to lower the paper use in your business you need to follow a few simple steps.
- Provide all of your office workers with a sharing solution. This will allow them to share, read and edit documents without printing them.
- Remove any desktop printers that you have. If you ask your office workers to walk to the printer, you will see a drop in the printing.
- Create a central monitored printing area. This could be one office worker that see all of the print jobs.
I really didn’t want this to turn into a lesson on creating a printing plan. I wanted to point out that print on paper is dying off. I have noticed over the years in education there is a lot less printing happening.
The last thought is that we consume the written word in a different way. I know I read my Kindle and IPad more then I ever have a paper, book or even magazines. It is sad I have been reading book for the better part of 47 years, I enjoy them but I don’t get hung up on the smell or the feel of the book. If we hold back we should go back? Remember the wringer washing machine, no one said a word when those went away?
