http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~weaver/cs302/policies/printing.html CS302 Paper Use Policy Copyright (c) 1996 Christopher E. Weaver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ File: printing.html Last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:00:31 1996 by Christopher Weaver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Modification History: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Modern file systems, editors, and viewers allow access to virtually any document or message in a pleasing, easily alterable, and perfectly retrievable format. Printing of documents is, except for those rare instances when computers are not available, unnecessary. Even if personal predeliction precludes environmental concern, the economic cost is non-trivial, particularly when hidden costs are considered (toner cartridges, paper-bleaching, etc).
I encourage CS302 students (and anyone else reading this) to consider the impact of their personal paper use, especially that which does not end in recycling. In CS302, I will try to restrict paper use to: programming assignments, homeworks, quizzes, and exams.