A recent poster to the list have suggested that the large amount of
printing associated with individual computer use is a sign that we are
failing the technology and that one hopes that the next more computer
literate generation will do better.

I must disagree with both the notion and the sentiment.  Technology is a
tool.  Artisans never fail their tools except perhaps when they use the
wrong tool for the job.  Think of using a hammer to put a screw into a
wall.  However sometimes the tools fail the artisans.

The widespread use of printing is a byproduct of a weakness of our shared
IT environment.  Until screens get much bigger and better and bifocals and
computer glasses become an artifact of our history I suspect that long
documents will be regularly printed out.  I know for myself I would rather
not have a headache and suffer eyestrain in order to reduce printing
costs.  When these issues are better addressed I have every confidence
that office printing will decline.

Dave Gaynon

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