Email drives desktop printing

According to a report from InfoTrends/CAP Ventures that examines the future of documents in different workgroup environments, e-mail output accounts for 29.2 per cent of the total volume printed while web pages represent 21.5 per cent.

The report also revealed that paper is no longer the medium of choice in the workgroups surveyed. Paper has become a transient medium according to InfoTrends/CAP, and is being used less and less as a means of maintaining permanent records.

In related news, the Queensland government has moved to reduce its reliance on printed paper as a method of maintaining records. The government is developing electronic record keeping as part of its plans to reduce annual expenditure by $100 million, selecting Canadian technology business LogicaCMG for the contract.

All of the Queensland government’s agencies and departments will be serviced by the contract, though the state’s treasurer has so far declined to offer details of the contract’s net worth.