Office machines: more, better, cheaper

Nation's Business, Feb, 1989 by Jon Pepper

Office Machines: More, Better, Cheaper

An entrepreneur with no more office equipment than an old typewriter and a telephone may still find it possible to start a business and succeed. It's just extremely unlikely.

More and more, business owners' offices--at work or at home--now include a full complement of electronic accessories that only a few years ago would have been unimaginable except in the headquarters of corporate giants.

While not every business can afford a voice-mail system, a lap-top computer, a laser printer, and a color copying machine even the smallest operations are discovering that basic desktop computers and facsimile machines are within their price range.

High technology is defintely on your side in the office, and its power increasingly can be harnessed to improve productivity at an affordable price. And the trend seems likely to continue.

In this roundup, Nation's Business looks at a sampling of some of the types and the approximate costs of office equipment that can enhance the operation of your business.