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In response to "we just had a meeting about printers. we are going from 26 multifuncton machines to nine. the savings are huge." by amanda jeans

usually when I engage in this type of consolidation, it is soon followed by a bunch of

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Feb 15 '22, 13:11

whiny executives asking for personal printers in their offices because they can't be assed to get up and walk over to the now 10ft further away multifunction

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i share a multifunction machine with one other person. i can wheel there in 2 seconds on my chair. -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 13:28 1
- Great calf workout. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 13:33
Heh, I have my own but because of confidentiality not laziness. -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 13:24 4
- we have doc release so no confidentiality issues. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 13:27 2
  - I'd be okay with that but we don't. - spamlet Feb 15, 13:32 1
    - it's quite costly actually. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 13:37
- Thats one of the usual explanations. Everybody in healthcare deals with PHI/PCI data, so yeah used a lot to try to justify. -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:26
our execs live between two suites. one is keeping a machine. the other houses execs who are like - amanda jeans Feb 15, 13:18 1
- Yes, Execs loving Apple gear while the org is using all Microsoft/Android products -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:19
been there too. What was worse at my old place is they thought Color Inkjet was the way to go for Execs. What a mess and service overhead with the ink cartridges -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:12 3
- ooof. Yeah, at least we pretty much stick to standard laserjets with a pretty common model when anyone asks. -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 13:14 2
  - Vendor Selection process is how I met Jerry West -- nm - budice Feb 15, 13:16 1
    - End Result: Canon swooped in with a helluva deal on Hi-Speed Color Laser Multi-Function Devices. We just also provided a good customer reference -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 13:21

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