If I wanted to justify bringing a laser printer rather than a battery-powered inkjet, I would point out
* There doesn't seem to be any battery powered laser printers (I haven't looked, I'm going by other posts in this theread).
* Ink jet ink has a reputation for fading.
* Although escrow documents probably have a short lifetime, mortgages and notes are important until the loan is paid off. Deeds are important indefinitely. Sure the deed will be recorded with some local agency, but if a signature is disputed, the forensic examiners will want to see the original, not the copy in the land records. Also, the copying process may be less than perfect; if a numeral in a legal description (such as "thence N17°8′11′′ a distance of 293.76 feet to a red oat tree...") is hard to read in the land records, land surveyors will want to see the original. This could easily be 50 years after the transaction. Another poster felt the documents needing reprinting will probably be escrow docs, but I don't see why it couldn't be a mortgage, note, or deed. |