At Home On The Range

"Read your lease carefully," she stressed. "If you terminate the lease early...you [may] still have to buy it."

"People don't lease [out] equipment because they want to give you a break," added Andrew Sherman, of the U.S. Government Printing Office. "They want to make money."

This discussion segued into one on equipment purchases by other agencies. In many states, departments buy copying and printing equipment without consulting the in-plant, incurring greater expenses and getting equipment that doesn't fit their needs.