An interesting study released by Two Sides North America (as reported in Printing Impressions) talks about the misleading idea that "going paperless saves trees". One of the scenarios mentioned in the article:
In Minnesota, the closure of several paper and oriented strandboard mills has led to divestiture of large blocks of forest land long held by the Potlatch Corp. Several thousand acres of that land were recently cleared of trees and converted to intensive agriculture, including potato production.
People unfamiliar with the forest industry and reforesting in particular fail to totally understand the process. Here in the Pacific Northwest it is easy to find examples of areas that were "clear cut" several years ago now thriving with replanted forests.
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Customers are demanding more color and high quality printing. Our search for the right equipment started about a year ago. We narrowed our search down to two manufacturers and then took the time to visit printing plants that were using them. Mr. Lee, president, Bruce Button, vice president and Harry Delong, shop foreman, visited several operations in New York, Virginia, and California, and were able to talk to the pressmen at each place to find out what they liked or disliked about their presses before deciding to go with two Quad Stack units.
there is question regarding the correct part, an accompanying picture is appropriate.
Indicator for a Display System." The device was later referred to as a mouse due to the shape and cord resembling a mouse and its tail.
