While some may call it risky or even reckless, I've recently decided to go completely paperless during my recent home office reorganization mini-project. That means nothing goes into this office without eventually getting digitized, shredded, and then recycled - and nothing goes out. This also means I've decided to finally toss out my printer in exchange for some much welcomed working space.
WHY DO IT?
For one, I rarely find myself using the printer these days. If that's not enough reason to trim down on some tech, inkjet printers have been known to dry up their ink cartridges over time (I can attest to this). Since I only work from home a few days of the week, I can simply run to the office whenever I do need to print something tentative out.
All in all, I felt I didn't need it around anymore and was simply tired of having to purchase new catridges every month when the only thing I would print out were plane tickets and shipping labels. Again, lifestyle dependent, but I've found it to be a good choice for me given the negatives and benefits.
Okay, okay, so when I said "work," I might've been stretching it a little. What has replaced the printer is a new set of digital turntables that I plan to use for weekend parties with friends and small gigs. Still, I couldn't have found an area for it had I not gotten rid of the printer.
And to be perfectly honest, I'm not regretting a second of it.
What you do think? Is it worth it to get rid of the printer to free up workspace and go completely paperless?
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Man, I totally could do this. I print so many things all the time, but leave them in the printer tray. I could be saving so much money right now accomplishing the same thing and getting yelled at by the SO!
so now how do you print shipping labels?
@EraserGirl I just print them when I'm at work. Of course if you work solely from home, I wouldn't suggest getting rid of the printer. :)
I got rid of my printer about 6 years ago. It was hard a few times. Namely, when I needed to print a ticket or a mailing label- but if it could wait, I could do it at the office or a friends house. Now I find I don't even need to print those. I just print the mailing labels at shipping centers (even Staples) and a lot of places can accept a confirmation # instead of scanning a barcode, so I just keep the PDF on my phone for reference.
When I lived in a city, I had no printer. Kinkos was just a short drive away if I really needed to print something. Now it's not that convenient so I have the HP Envy, wireless printing, takes up minimal real estate in the home office and it doesn't really look like a printer, modern and closed up. I also use it for scanning.
aehm, you aren't going completly paperless. You might print a little bit less, but mainly you are just printing somewhere else. Thats like if I said, I went paperless, when I didn't replace the printer in my room. But I just decided to use my parents printer one floor below instead. Thats a pretty big difference.