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>>anothe+(OP)
This article made me think - I haven't printed anything in about 5 years now for personal use (for business, its still mandatory.)

Contrast to 10-15 years ago, feels like I would've been needing a printer on a weekly basis, at least.

>>waihti+R2
You don’t have children, do you? With kids, printer is a necessity.

>>atemer+33
why do you think so?

>>master+Zr
Probably varies a lot from school district to school district, but mine get a lot of print-at-home things from ours.

>>ceejay+rs
So the school hands out exercises that the parents need to print at home?

Would be much cheaper and more inclusive to ask for a small fee and print it on professional devices centrally organized by the school.

>>master+Ns
Same thing with school supplies. You get a piece of paper that tells you everything you need for the year. Even 2nd grader needs a box of crayons. How many colors, which brand? What if one parent buys a name brand another buys Walmart brand? How about all the time I need to spend to order it, make sure it's the right one? Thank goodness for Walmart...I can deliver from store w/o fighting all the back to school parents.

Well - now the free market has figured it out! There's a private company who will buy everything for you on the list and deliver it to your classroom.

Welcome to America.