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Educators can produce quality materials using laser printers, color printers, and film recorders.
Campus-based faculty and staff either upgraded or acquired computer equipment to become networked to the CES and the Internet. A cost share program was implemented to help each unit office upgrade its existing base of information technology. High speed modems, computers, and software were distributed to every unit and unit satellite office in the state. Many offices purchased laser and color printers, CD ROM drives, desktop publishing software, and local area networks. In 1992, the Office of Computer Coordination Computer Laboratory was opened.