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Canon Expands Its Product Line
2007-08-23 21:21:00 This Monday, Canon announced several new products including three all-in-one models and a photo printer. The models are the Canon Pixma MX700 Office, the MX310, the MX300 and the Pixma mini320. They range in price from about $99 to $200. These Canon printers make it easy and affordable to pick and choose all of the ... More About: Product , Line , Anon
Using Your Printer to Scan Family Photos
2007-08-22 00:39:00 My grandma’s funeral was today. Not the brightest, happiest way to start a blog post, but it’s the truth. It’s got me thinking a lot about family and preserving memories. So I thought I’d dedicate today’s post to ways to archive those old family photos. First of all, you want a scanner than has an ... More About: Family , Photos , Printer , Scan
Printer Tip of the Day
2007-08-18 00:15:00 As you all may know by now, I’m preparing to move into an apartment with my boyfriend very soon. With it comes excitement, nervousness and of course the bane of my existence, packing. I feel like my entire life is going into boxes and with it a part of my identity. What is “my house” ... More About: Printer , The D
The Printer Light of Mystery
2007-08-17 00:09:00 So, you may remember how I posted a picture of this light that has been consistently lit up on my printer awhile ago. It’s no big deal. The printer would still print and all. The only real trouble was that glaring orange exclamation point brightening up my room as I tried to sleep at night. ... More About: Printer , Mystery , Light , Myst
A Roomba Printer?
2007-08-15 01:32:00 Hrm, well this Roomba is supposed to be drawing a person and a heart on the floor using some sort of printing mechanism. Well, I’m not sure if I see it, but here you go anyway. What sort of printer ink cartridge would this use? I mean really. It looks like there’s just a ... More About: Printer
Packing That Printer To Go
2007-08-13 22:56:00 I’m getting ready to move into an apartment and the packing is really starting to wear on me. The piles of boxes that have slowly been constructed over the past few days are resembling the makeshift forts of my youth and I can’t help but feel like I need something out of every box that’s ... More About: Printer , Packing , Pack
Printer Ink Monks
2007-08-11 03:18:00 I read a really interesting story today about monks that have their own printer ink company in Wisconsin. Father Bernard McCoy runs a company called LaserMonks , Inc and they are grossing $4 million a year! Yup, you heard me right. $4 million a year for selling printer ink. However, that is not entirely the case ... More About: Printer
Table Printer Saves Space
2007-08-10 04:43:00 So this is a pretty cool product if anyone ever decides to actually make it. Designed and conceptualized by a company called Space For You, this table printer is built into a table so that it tucks away easily from view. Also, printers can take up a lot of space, so those without much room ... More About: Printer , Table , Aves
Canon imageCLASS MF4270 Review
2007-08-08 23:37:00 Canon just released their imageCLASS MF4270 and boy it’s a doozy! It will begin to be available in September and is compatible with both PC and Mac platforms. This baby can print on both sides of the page–called duplexing–and can hold 250-sheets of paper at at time. What’s most impressive about this model is its ... More About: Canon , Review , Anon
Printer Pollution No Big Deal?
2007-08-06 23:03:00 Uhho, time for the damage control! Last week I talked about how a recent study concluded that laser printers emit large quantities of ultra-fine particles which may be damaging to the human body. However, HP is quick to bring up the legitimacy of this claim and are trying hard to show that no conclusive evidence ... More About: Pollution , Printer , Deal
Printing As Bad As?Smoking?
2007-08-03 00:06:00 According to a new research study, breathing in the particles emitted from office printers is just as bad as breathing in cigarette smoke. Apparently, these particles are found in toner ink cartridges and are emitted into the atmosphere. When they are inhaled, they enter the lungs and can pose health risks. And during office hours, ... More About: Smoking , Printing
Labels Get Eggy
2007-07-31 21:29:00 I found something really quite cute today. It’s called the Casio USB Egg-Shaped Label Printer and it looks exactly how it sounds. Go ahead and take a look at this egg-shaped delight here… Now that you’ve seen it, you can’t tell me that’s not cute. You can print labels for just about anything including videos, binders ... More About: Labels , Abel
OEM or Generic Cartridges?
2007-07-31 00:41:00 I don’t normally blog outright about PrintCountry.com, but they just released a new press release that I thought was interesting. Apparently, customer satisfaction with OEM and generic printer ink cartridges vary wildly across brands. With a good chunk of data backing up their claims (over 7,000 surveys), I’d take these results to be pretty darn ... More About: Cart , Generic , Neri , Cartridges
Printer Ink Cartridges Still Thrown Away
2007-07-26 21:28:00 According to InfoTrends, less than half of all printer ink cartridges are being recycled or reused. Some believe that this trend is due to the lack of encouragement to reach environmental goals by the OEM companies. This is due to the fact that cartridge reuse could be a loss in profits for the printer companies. ... More About: Printer , Cart , Ink cartridge , Cartridges
Forbidden Love: When the All-In-One Met Kitty
2007-07-26 01:11:00 For some purely light-hearted fun, here’s a cute video of a cat grooming and generally loving up on an HP All-in -One printer. That looks a lot like my printer, actually. Anyway, I thought it was cute. I wish I could have a cat. Too bad I’m allergic to them. Although, I don’t know if all ... More About: Love , Kitty , The A
Kodak Turns Bad Printing Into A Competition
2007-07-23 21:18:00 Just found this interesting nugget today. Kodak is offering up a free Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One printer to the lucky (or unlucky?) person with the most watched video on their website by the end of the submission month. You see, in order to enter, you need to film and upload a video of your printer ... More About: Competition , Printing , Turn , Petit
This is how a printer shouldn?t sound
2007-07-19 23:04:00 In case anyone was wondering what to look for in regards to printer problems, here is a big one: if your printer sounds or behaves in anyway similar to the one in the video below, you might just have a problem. Hear that grinding, throw your hands over your ears sound? Yeah, that’s never a ... More About: Sound , Printer
Printing Tip of the Day
2007-07-19 00:33:00 One of the biggest problems encountered with printers today is wasted ink and wasted paper. Not only is it bad for the environment, but it’s also bad for your wallet. Just think of how many people print out things they don’t want to and items with mistakes each day? Since people waste a lot of ... More About: Printing , The D
Letting Your Phone Do the Picture Snapping
2007-07-17 22:01:00 Okay, so camera phones aren’t all that great. But, you can make the most of them, especially when you’re out and about and just so happen to find yourself in a camera-necessary moment. So here are a few tips to ensure the photos you snap on your phone end up print worthy. Now, I don’t ... More About: Phone , Picture , Letting , Ping , Snapping
Big Brother, er, the Secret Service is Watching You
2007-07-13 19:59:00 I read something incredibly scary on the Consumerist today. Did you know just about all printers now print “invisible” information on every page that contains the printer’s make and model and the serial number? This information is contained in very small dots called tracking dots scattered all over the page. Supposedly, this method of printing ... More About: Big Brother , Service , The Secret , Secret , Secret Service
Self-Copying Printer
2007-07-13 01:53:00 I found something interesting today. You know how I can’t get enough of those 3D printers and prototypes? Well here’s a printer that can print metal, plastic and ceramic parts. The thing is, the printer itself is made of such parts, so it can self-replicate. It’s called RepRap. “RepRap” stands for “Replicating Rapid-prototyper” according to their ... More About: Printer , Copy
EasyPrint Makes Mac Printing, Well, Easy
2007-07-11 19:44:00 Don’t you just hate it when you go to print a document and you get a bunch of blank pages with just one line of text on them? Or perhaps you end up printing images you don’t want and wasting ink in the process. Now, you don’t have to worry about the waste if you ... More About: Easy , Printing , Well
Printing Tip of the Day
2007-07-10 20:56:00 It’s that time again. The printing tip for today involves answering this question: “My printer won’t feed paper. I changed the cartridges and still nothing. What do I do?” Well, the answer to this question can either be very easy or a little bit complicated. Let’s start with the easy stuff first. When a printer just plain ... More About: Printing , The D
When Printers Attack
2007-07-09 22:02:00 I begin today’s post with a question: why do people buy electronics only to smash them? I mean, really. You blow several hundred dollars on a printer only to smash it, shoot it or generally destroy it? It makes no sense! Sorry for the rant, but I came to this conclusion while looking for something ... More About: Printers , Attack , Atta
HP: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire?
2007-07-06 19:51:00 Apparently Kyocera is downright mad at HP. Why, you may ask? It seems as though HP has recently been less than honest in one of their ads. In an ad for the Color LaserJet CP3505, HP claims that their product is far superior than the competition because the print drums never need to be replaced. ... More About: Pants , Fire , Liar
Printer Projects for the Summer
2007-07-06 01:57:00 I hope you all had a great Fourth of July! In honor of yesterday’s festivities, I decided it would be fitting to post some fun projects to do with your kids this summer. All you need is your computer, printer, some paper and your imagination! Print Summer y Decor Find some summer-themed pictures online and then create collages. ... More About: Projects , Printer , R Project
Zink to make a pocket-sized printer
2007-07-04 01:28:00 The iPhone was released last Friday and already people are trying to bank off of its success. Apparently, a company called Zink has been hard at work creating a printer that will fit in your pocket and that can be taken along with you for on the spot printing. I have to admit, the idea is ... More About: Printer , Make , Pocket
Printing Tip of the Day
2007-07-02 21:34:00 I thought maybe I’d start a new feature on this blog here. How about a printing tip of the day once a week or so? This can be the place where I answer reader questions or just offer up some helpful printer advice. Sound good? Okay, then let’s get started. Tip #1: Make sure you ... More About: Inti , Printing , The D
If You Give A Mouse An Ink Cartridge
2007-06-29 21:49:00 Okay, this is not funny at all. Not even a little bit. In fact, it makes me feel a little upset because if it’s real, it’s pretty cruel. Not to mention, I have a fondness for pet rodents, so seeing this doesn’t settle too well. Anyway, some of you may be interested in this picture. ... More About: Give , Mouse , Cart , Ouse , Ink cartridge
Putting Photocopies to Good Use
More articles from this author:2007-06-29 01:41:00 This guy has really thought this through. Watch and you’ll see what I mean. I love it. I never realized it until now but boxer shorts’ prints do look a lot like wrapping paper patterns. Ah, the crazy world we live in! So, I guess if you wear underwear with an interesting print on it, you ... More About: Putting , Good , Toco 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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