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The amount of different surfaces you are able to get printer ink on this day in age is amazing. Such processes like inkjet image transfer allow you to transfer ink information from a wax sheet of paper to another material. Watch YouTube if you want some nice instructions on how to transfer ink from a [...]

Being able to print directly on envelopes—no matter what your profession—is a useful skill for your printer to have. This printing capability can come in handy for a mom that wants to send out her own envelopes for her son’s graduation or a business sending out bulk mail. For a quick how-to guide on printing [...]

Ever hear of a company called Tektronix? What about Xerox? I’m sure you’ve heard of one of the two – at least the second one, since their name recognition is so large. Tektronix was a company that pioneered a technology called solid ink in the mid-1980s, after which – like any good corporate conglomerate – [...]

Ever tried to go into an electronics store, like a Best Buy, without any planning? It’s a bit overwhelming isn’t it? If you’re just window shopping, that’s one thing – but to come in with even an inkling of spending that hard-earned dough in your pocket and not have a plan on how to spend [...]

“Xerox.” The word itself sounds like something out of Star Trek, or at the very least, a Dean Koontz novel. But when you hear the word, you don’t think of science-fiction, do you? You think of boring office work, or at best, an image of a gray and drab copying machine sitting in the corner [...]

So you’re under a strict deadline at your job, your boss is waiting on you to finish typing up a report. No one likes being under the wire at work – it’s always a stressful situation that everyone would avoid if they could. You put the finishing touches on, careful not to rush, but certain [...]

Buyer’s remorse – ever hear of it? It’s when you buy something and for whatever reason, think twice about your decision. Whatever the cause of regret – whether because the product seems faulty, or the price was very high, or just because the thrill of the buying experience has diminished now that the product is [...]

HP, or Hewlett-Packard, has come out with some great products over the years. They are an American company that has been around for quite some time – since 1935. In an age of Internet startups whose gross revenue mirrors some small countries – many of which who have been around for a decade or less [...]

With all the concern about the environment today, there are plenty of ways we can impact the planet without going out and buying a hybrid or throwing away half of our life. Just by purchasing products more sensibly, we can actively help the planet. Take bags at the grocery store – if we stop using [...]

When searching for anything, from a car to a television set to a home wireless device, it is an important experience as a consumer to see how fellow consumers have responded to the product. This validation is more important, by far, than any marketing or fancy salesmanship on the part of manufacturers, retailers, and distributors. [...]

Do you feel that you are a consumer that is conscious where your dollar goes? If you make environmentally friendly choices when considering a car, then you are one of these consumers. Those of us who choose Toyota’s Priuses over General Motors’ Hummers and those that choose to eschew plastic and other harmful consumables from [...]

With all of the terrible environmental news out there these days, such as oil spills and acid rain and global warming, everyone wants to be more environmentally conscious. The question is, how can we do it? We live such complex lives, that often just tracing the outlines of our carbon footprints can be very difficult. [...]

Sites like Amazon can be taken for granted sometimes. The other day in my kitchen, a couple of my nice beer glasses fell onto the kitchen floor and shattered. I had found the glasses at a second-hand store and wasn’t even sure what the retail price would be for these or where I could replace [...]

There are so many toner cartridges out there on the market today, it seems more complex than a small country’s economy. Available from all types of manufacturers such as Brother, Canon, Lexmark, Epson, and Samsung, there are so many types available. Laser, inkjet, and several other kinds of color and black and white toner cartridges [...]

Whenever you spend a decent amount of money on a product, you want to make it last as long as possible, right? I was recently disappointed by what I thought was a slow leak in my bike tire, which I found out was actually just some jerk that had let the air out of my [...]