Kyle's World

What's the deal with Japanese photocopy machines? We'd all agree that, by and large, Japan is far more advanced technologically than North America. Yet Japanese photocopiers seem to be straight out of the stoneage. Let's use the photocopier at ELI as a reference. All you ex-CAs out there will know what I"m taking about. There, at the simple push of a button, you could photocopy stacks upon stacks of papers (like Activity Central), having them stapled and hole-punched, and of course photocopied back to back. Perhaps this is evolving into more of a gripe at the photocopier in my school. The one at school is largely useless. For back to back copying, you have to re-load the one sided papers back into the feeder, then get it just right with te placings that you can have them two-sided. Talk about an ineffient waste of time. Then if you need to make packets, a la Activity Central, you lay all the finished copies in a row on a table, run along and collect them, and hand staple them yourself. What the hell's that about? I've been in the staff room where we've had staple parties, where all available free hands do the assembly line thing. If you're wondering about hole punching, forget about it. Now why can't they set the copier to do like it did in Van.?