1973: Don't Fear the Office Copier | Office | BBC Archive

"There is a need to ensure that we don't swamp ourselves in paper, just because the facilities exist."

This edition of Office focuses on paper in the workplace - looking at reprographics, typing and the design of forms.

First up, Geoffrey Taylor from the Business Equipment Trade Association demonstrates some of the most common types of copier in British offices - wax stencil duplicators, electrostatic copiers and offset litho duplicators - with a little help from copying expert, Maggie. What are the benefits and drawbacks of these systems?

Next, we visit the Concorde factory in Filton, Bristol to see how they manage the vast amount of technical data - drawings, specifications, memos, letters and reports - that need to be shared among the 300 or so different companies involved in the Concorde project. We hear from Cliff Partridge, BAC's Reprographics Manager at the Filton factory.

Finally, we hear from Gloria Neal about typing and secretarial services. Is secretarial help really required in every company? Should managers be given training on secretarial practices, to ensure they are getting the most from their secretarial staff? Gloria details how an efficient secretarial bureau should be structured.

Presented by Jack Britton.

Clip taken from Office: How Many Copies?, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 23 January, 1973.

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