Defeating the Desktop Menace

Take It Over

If all else fails (or even if it doesn't), why not think like Microsoft? If desktop printers are bugging you, take them over.

Getting the printers on a network is a good way to begin.

"You can start controlling volume and identify what kind of work people are sending over," says Tucker. "You can say, 'Last month you made 20,000 impressions. If you had sent it to the production facility, here's what it would have cost you.' "