Do you remember when it was simple to find print shops in your area? I do, but over the years, many of these shops have closed their doors because the digital world has taken over.
This means more and more people are printing less and using a digital replacement instead, then personally, I haven’t used my printer in over a year.
For my job, I use 2 monitors, so there is no need for me to print anything, however all the files that I need are situated on the server. And when I do print a document, I usually print it to pdf and save it for when I need to open it. Additionally, I use a certified, encrypted signature program to sign all proper documents, which means, I wouldn’t need to print those documents either, instead, they are stored in a secure folder on the server. Anyway, my sibling stayed with me a few weeks ago, and he needed to print an important document. He was quite surprised when I told him that I don’t have a printer as he was expecting me to have one since I work from home. I had to explain to him that I no longer need a printer to perform my job and that baffled him even more, and unlike me, my sibling needs to have difficult copies of all his documents and I like to have those documents stored digitally, my sibling had to go searching for a location to print his documents and that became another work. There are no printing repair companies where I live, so he had to drive about 10 minutes to find one. He was able to get his document printed and scanned at the printing service.