You'd run out of paper.

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In Donnelley's directory plant in Dwight, for example, new computers alert operators feeding 14 presses when a roll of paper is about to run out--a process they eyeballed until six months ago.

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This type of software was out of reach for small businesses, which instead relied on spreadsheets or paper to run their businesses.

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