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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+(OP)
You don’t have children, do you? With kids, printer is a necessity.

>>atemer+c
I have 4 kids :)

>>atemer+c
2 kids, no reason to but printer. Living without it for 6 years already. If I need to print something - there is a bunch of places where I can do it.

>>atemer+c
Why is that?

>>atemer+c
why do you think so?

>>master+8p
Probably varies a lot from school district to school district, but mine get a lot of print-at-home things from ours.

>>Mashim+Co
Because kids have to print things for school. Lots and lots of things! And schools generally don’t have the budget to let every kid print everything they need, so they push this cost onto the families.

>>ceejay+Ap
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+Wp
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.

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

Yes. COVID saw some of this move to Microsoft Teams at our district, but some teachers are definitely holdouts. Some teachers want essays handed in on paper for marking up, as well.

>>atemer+c
Not sure if I’d say necessity, but it’s damn convenient.

>>chongl+Ip
This, and also you print coloring books, math quizzes, puzzles, and everything else. Yes, these things are available on tablets too, but I think working with pencils and paper is also important.