That's partly because it has never stopped printing critical copy on new exhibitions, film and performing arts.

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Travelocity and the FAA recommended printing out a copy of the reservation receipt, which could be an e-mail message, although it was unclear what would constitute a valid receipt.

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Agencies are encouraged to limit the publication and printing of hard copy documents and to presume that information should be provided in an electronic form, whenever practicable, permitted by law, and consistent with applicable records retention requirements.

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People opt to send forms and letters via email rather than printing and mailing a hard copy.

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About 50 cents of that goes to mailing and distribution costs, 80 cents to payroll, and another 80 cents to printing and overhead, leaving roughly 40 cents per copy.

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He disagreed that this was good for competition in the books markets and said that the "economics of the e-book industry is quite different to the print industry" because costs are the same up until first copy but after that e-books incur none of costs of printing and distribution.

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By printing out new cheat sheets as often as every game, teams aren't even vulnerable if an old copy falls into enemy hands.

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After December 2006, the law will prohibit companies from printing the expiration date or more than the last five digits of a credit or debit card on a hard copy receipt.

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