Washington Post: “…This year, the U.S. home and office market for printers is expected to reach $10.47 billion with more than 16.9 million laser and inkjet devices sold, according to data from market researcher International Data Corp. That would represent a 15 percent decline in sales and an 11 percent drop in market value in the past five years. Yet printers are still expected to be sold by the millions through at least the next four years, if not beyond, IDC suggests. Some industries still rely heavily on printers for paper records. For example, health care providers often use paper for collecting information from patients and to update patient files. And the legal system relies on printers for evidence collection, presenting documents to the court, the exchange of information between involved parties and, in some cases, commercial contracts…”