Printing In Newark

Yesterday, I went to a trade show called C3, which took place at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. There wasn't much happening, but Xerox did have an event to introduce several new printers and to talk about their document management software, which is available for their company-level printers.

For that, we heard a talk by a young woman who worked for the city of Newark about how Xerox was solving their paper problems. On the one hand, it was fascinating to hear the process by which government changes employees' status (every time somebody was fired, hired, or needed a vacation, a piece of paper had to go to several offices for several signatures), and the young woman spoke well.

On the other, I've often wondered why corporations take up time with customers talking about how well the product works for them. Does Xerox imagine somebody is going to use their printers because the city of Newark does? (Of course, I may be wrong -- maybe somebody will...)

At any rate, if you're into corporate presentations by printer manufacturers, here's a link to the rebroadcast.