| Think the Internet means we don't print as much as | | | | home printing of that ten-page report. |
| we used to? Think again. Home printing is becoming | | | | Printing cards and invitations. Planning a party or |
| more and more prevalent-people are just printing more | | | | wedding? You don't have to take your custom |
| than they used to. Here are just a few reasons why | | | | designed invitations to the printer. Today's printers are |
| people print more today than ever before. | | | | capable of high-quality graphics and printing on a |
| Printing tickets at home. It's much more convenient to | | | | variety of media-including card stock. It's possible to |
| print tickets at home than to wait in line to pick them up | | | | print pretty much anything from home, including those |
| at the counter. Travel companies are realizing this-and | | | | cards, family newsletters and invitations many families |
| customers love the convenience. You can now get | | | | send out on a yearly basis. With home graphic design |
| e-tickets for most train and bus services-and you can | | | | software making the job easier, production of these |
| even check in and print your boarding pass online days | | | | domestic direct mail pieces can be an entirely at-home |
| before a flight. There's plenty of printing going on | | | | job. |
| among travelers-and most of us take a vacation or | | | | Printing marketing materials. If you run a home |
| make a business trip once in a while. | | | | business, chances are you'll have to print marketing |
| Printing photos. Despite the cost of printer ink, people | | | | materials. But you don't necessarily have to use the |
| still love printing photos at home. It's much more | | | | printer. Like invitations and cards for families, marketing |
| convenient than driving to the store to drop off, | | | | mailers, letters, card stock, and other collateral can all |
| develop and pick up rolls of film. You can print out any | | | | be printed at home on a modestly-sized desktop |
| size picture you want, and many photo printers can | | | | printer. Many home business owners print their own |
| produce pictures that are just as good quality as what | | | | marketing materials to save on costs. |
| you'd get at the store. Plenty of ink is used printing | | | | Printing CD labels. Digital downloading may be the |
| photos from digital cameras these days. | | | | wave of the future, but it hasn't completely taken over |
| Printing tax documents. You don't have to go to a | | | | CD and DVD burning yet. Many people still burn |
| CPA to get your taxes done. You can go online to | | | | CD's-including bands preparing collateral for their next |
| TurboTax or use home tax preparation software, and | | | | gig. You can print out your own labels for discs and |
| many do-it saves time and the cost of hiring an | | | | jewel cases as a part of the burn process, and even |
| accountant, and it's less accident prone than trying to | | | | design graphics to go with it. Small independent bands |
| handle the paperwork on your own. Those tax | | | | do this, as do music and movie lovers who are |
| documents all have to be printed and stored, | | | | creating their own home collections. |
| however-and that means more printing for the rest of | | | | Printing at home has never been more prevalent. From |
| us. | | | | printing your tickets to your important tax documents, |
| Printing school papers. Try to hand in a hand-written | | | | more and more pieces of important paper can be |
| final draft of a school paper, and you might get more | | | | printed easily rather than being mailed or picked up at |
| than incredulous looks from your teacher. Teachers | | | | the counter-saving companies postage and customers |
| and professors at all levels of education typically | | | | time. In addition, with the vast array of home photo |
| expect final drafts to be passed in as printed | | | | printers and machines that can handle complex |
| documents-even grade schoolers don't hand-write their | | | | graphics, more and more people can design and print |
| papers anymore. And with computers so | | | | mailing materials at home rather than relying on a |
| accessible-most schools have computer labs with | | | | printer. This is good news for printer manufacturers as |
| printers, and if they don't, the local library does-it's not | | | | well as third-party ink sellers-it means business is likely |
| unreasonable to expect. Still, many students do their | | | | to continue to grow. |
| projects at the last minute at home-and that means | | | | |