The Paperless Coalition and Google are helping us to make a pledge to go paperless in 2013. Here are 3 reasons why I have decided to make this commitment. Costs Even though a single sheet of 20 lb. copy paper costs about one half penny per sheet, the total cost of production, use, and ownership of paper is quite expensive. In a typical office or school setting, each person, on average, will use 10,000 sheets, or two cases (20 reams) of printer paper per year. Rounding to 1/2 cent per sheet means that right out of the gate, each person in the organization will consume $50.00 of plain copy paper in the course of a year. But wait, there are printing and copying costs. Monochrome ink for an ink jet printer will cost between 4 and 10 cents per sheet (assuming an average coverage of 20%). Color ink for an ink jet printer will cost between 9 and 26 cents per sheet. Laser toner, both color and black, cost slightly less than their ink jet counterparts....
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