Save Time and Money with Printing Alternatives - Comments Page 2

Thanks for another great article. I've been using the ad-sponsored version of PDFedit995 for years, and it has been adequate, albeit limited in capabilities. Per your advice I just downloaded PDFill PDF, and I've used it several times already. It has many more functions, it's free, and there are no ads or watermarks. What's not to like?

My printer stopped working a few years ago and I have not use one since. I have for many years scanned paper that gets snailmailed to me. But I have reduced that dramatically, by getting bills sent to be via Bpay View (A function of Australian Banks). Where ever possible when people wish to send me paperwork I ask them the scan or PDF it and email it to me.

When I do get somthing hard copy I now find it easer to take a photo of it with my phone and copy the image to my computer, than to scan it. It also has the advantage of being able to be done anywhere.

The comments that have been made about paper having a longer life and able to be read in the future compared with the digital records. I have yet to see anyone that makes a backup copy to other paper,by photocopying, so I suggest that paper records are a lot more fragile than the digital equivalent.

As to archives not being accessible now that where in the past. I suggest that is more to do with other considerations like charging for ther use than the paper digital discussion.

Regardless of software or technological changes digital information can always be made available. The reason it is sometimes not, is again more to do with those other considerations.

Bob, been following you since Tour Bus days. Always excellent reportage and advice. I continue to be completely amazed at how willing people are to trust their every document to online services and the ubiquitous Cloud. How about a deep dive piece on the pitfalls thereof. I mean, c'mon, even your bills, legal documents, and on and on ad nauseum?. Does no one know or care how many interests there are that can access such data? Just consider even recent revelations of the tools used by, for example, the NSA. Many of these tools are now in the wild. It's big business and folks are just offering their information to the world for free. Never ceases to amaze me. Cheers and stay vigilant!