Azalin Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Two weeks ago, we had a meeting with a government agency with a project that we are doing. And, given the nature of the project, it required coordination/approval with this government agency. So I called the government guy and asked him how many copies of our project document (1100 pages) he needed for his agency in order to review it. He e-mailed me back and said that they do no use "paper" submissions anymore, and that they use only use electronic submissions. And he sent me a link to use to submit it, along with instructions. So, we used his link to send in our 1100-page document (pdf). And, he and his co-workers used Adobe Acrobat to mark up their comments on our pdf. So, two weeks ago we had a meeting with the government agency at their office to review our project. And for the meeting, which included a total of 23 people, the government guy printed 23 color copies of the 1100-page document with the mark-ups and handed them out at the meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Based off a quick Staples search for printer paper and toner cartridges and HPs website on network printer specs 23 people * 1100 pages = 25300 pages 500 pages per ream = 51 reams of paper $7 per ream = $357 for paper estimate 10,000 pages per toner cartridge 25,300 pages = 3 toner cartidges $200 per cartridge $600 for toner estimate 40 pages per minute 25300 pages = 632.5 minutes ~ 10.5 hours of printing Network printer consumes about 750W 750W * 10.5h = 7.875 kWh So figure about $950 to print that out And the environmental impact of 25300 sheets of paper, 3 toner cartridges, and 8 kwh of electricity And that's about 250 lbs of paper. The sad thing is, it doesn't surprise me. Disappoints me, yes. But I'm not the least bit surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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