I had a fairly long conversation with a Consultant's secretary about printers. We were talking about this because I did not receive a letter that (in a previous conversation) she said she would send. She (and many others) were not allowed to have their own printer.
When she typed up a letter, she had half an hour to get to the printer to print it, or the printer deleted/removed it. So if you have to decifer the consultant's handwriting, type the letter, then proof read what you have written, you could do at a guess three letters in 30 minutes. She then had to walk down a long corridor, pick up the printed letters and return to her desk.
Can anyone explain how that is more efficient financially than someone having a printer next to them at their desk? If on average, two letters per week are not sent and they concern appointments with the Consultant, in two or three weeks, that negates the cost of the printer.
