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What kind of Printing Culprits are in your office?
What kind of Printing Culprits are in your office?
The Pointless Printer
– prints everything just because they like to have a hard copy of all documents, even emails.
The Competitive Printer
– the bigger the pile of what they perceive to be 'crucial' documents, the more important they think they look.
The 'Old School' Printer
– feels they can't possibly comment on an email request without printing it off to read it, and thinks it is impossible to edit documents by looking at them on screen – can only do so by printing off and writing amends on the paper copy.
The Hasty Printer
– presses the 'P' button before checking quantity or length of document, seeing 20 copies of a 200-page document come out of the printer in the middle of the office while they stand and roll their eyes at it, like it's the printer's fault.
The Sneaky Printer
– acutely aware they are over-printing but can't live without their paper – makes pre- and post-work dashes to the printer to grab copious amounts of what is possibly personal printing before anyone sees them.
The Pedestal Printer
– double-sided, recycled paper. Only prints what is essential and likes to share their documents with the rest of their team.
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