Low cost laser printers may be my biggest pet peeve in the world of technology. Actually, printing in general makes me cringe. Having been a member of the “work force” for 13 years, I rarely access the folders that seem to justify my office space existence. A meeting this morning, print out 3 pages for reference, pitch in the recycle bin. Did I need to print it out? Nope.
Sitting outside of our public lab, I’ve been witness to the horrors of low cost printing. 500 page pdf? Print it out! Powerpoint? Print it out! Need to turn in a paper? Print it out! “The printer’s not printing my 500 page pdf? Why isn’t this a duplex printer? Don’t you realize that you are killing trees?”
I’m beginning to think a large piece of our curriculum is printing out articles and bringing them to class. Notice I didn’t say read the article.
