Printers would be purchased as needed on an individual basis for specific staff. If your practice needs to print large quantities of paper, a centralized printer is necessary for these purposes. Each person must have a personal scanner and there must be at least one centralized scanner combining self-feeding and flatbed scanning for high-capacity documents and books. Servers shall be used for the storage and centralization of data, documents and applicable programs which can then be configured to be accessed according to the usage needs of law firm personnel. It is highly recommended to have at least two servers, one for daily backup or some type of on-site backup system. So, to protect data in the event of a catastrophic event in your physical building, there should be an off-site system to back up this information and systems on a daily basis. This type of offsite system can be used solely for data and systems backup for security purposes, or it can also be used so that a lawyer can access all of their files and applications offsite in case they don't couldn't be in the office. One such application for law firms is Carbonite (www.carbonite.com), which is customizable to your needs and includes encryption and security systems for your