Azalin Posted May 28, 2016 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.
DC Tom Posted May 28, 2016 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.
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