Fax and Photocopier Machines
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Table 1. U.S. Housing Units Using Fax and Photocopier Machines | |||||||
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1993 | 1997 | 2001 | |||||
Number (millions) |
Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | Number
(millions) |
Percent | ||
Fax Machines—Total | 2.9 | 3.0 | n/a | n/a | 23.6 | 22.1 | |
-Separate | 2.9 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 11.0 | 10.3 | |
-PC Printer Feature | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 12.6 | 11.8 | |
Photocopier Machines—Total | 1.5 | 1.6 | n/a | n/a | 20.0 | 18.7 | |
-Separate | 1.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 6.9 | |
-PC Printer Feature | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 12.6 | 11.8 | |
PC Printer with Fax/Copier Features | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 12.6 | 11.8 | |
Prior to the 2001 RECS respondents were not asked if they if their PC printer had fax/copier features. Such combination printer/fax/copier machines were generally not available in 1993. |
A comparison of 2001 with 1993 reveals that over eight times as many households reported having a fax machine in 2001, 23.6 million, than the 2.9 million that reported having one in 1993. Similarly over thirteen times as many households reported having a photocopier machine in 2001, 20.0 million, than the 1.5 million that reported having one in 1993. These comparisons of separate fax and photocopier machines in 1993 with the combined total of separate machines and those that are features of a PC printer in 2001 can safely be made since in 1993 PC printers with such features were not widely available. Similar comparisons between 1997 and 2001 cannot be made since such PC printers were available but not enumerated in the 1997 RECS.
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