Copier/Printer Color Materials Usage Guide

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About Paper
Fundamentals of Paper
This guide will help you to understand the variables that occur
during the paper-making process that influence paper performance,
and why paper may not always work the way you think it should.
You’ll be able to use this knowledge where it really counts... when
making paper choices for documents that are important to you.
Let’s take a look at the papermaking machines.
Running at speeds of 3000 feet a minute, the typical paper machine
produces about 800 tons of paper a day. This may sound like a lot of
paper. But when you consider that companies produce more than a
trillion documents each year, it’s easy to see why large capacity
paper machines are important to business.
Why do we produce so many documents?
The driving force is computer technology. Initially intended to create
a paperless office, the digital revolution has had quite the opposite
impact. Information now moves more rapidly, we work faster, and
generate more paper documents. Paper is more important today
than ever, as advanced print technology and desktop publishing
applications enable users to create more sophisticated,
professional-looking documents from their desktop computers.