Guide to Buying a New printer by Andrew Gates
One of the more perplexing decisions when faced with choosing a new printer is which print technology is going to suit you best. At the moment there are two main printing systems: the laser technology, using toner cartridges and a transfer drum assembly; and ink jets using ink tank cartridges... Multifunction printers (MFP) are often ideal for home office or student needs because they combine multiple functions into one unit, usually a scanner, printer, copier fax machine, doing a little bit of everything, and saving considerable desk and office space in the bargain.

Laptop or Tower by Alastair Harris
When asking the question which is better to buy a tower/workstation or a laptop the question used to come down to the size of your wallet. For a long time PC towers were simply cheaper than a laptop to buy. Normally half the price for the same specifications. ... In fact a workstation can be adapted into a full one stop office and multimedia center with a joint printer/fax/copier scanner, a digital camera, music player, DVD theater system, etc. ... You can add great extras like a 6 speaker sound system with sub-woofer so loud that when you play your latest shooter game, your neighbors ring...

Bar Codes Faxing Improve Business Document WorkFlow by Chris Norwood
Reliably integrating important electronic and paper documents received by fax such as invoices, expense reports, purchase orders, employment applications, claims and legal contracts into the daily business workflow is a common challenge. These documents are critical to many revenue related... Another method of adding a bar code is with a hand held bar code printer or bar code label maker. ... In addition, the reproduction of these paper documents decrease productivity and increase daily soft costs such as manual labor burden, fax retransmission, paper, toner, and printer wear and tear.

Razzle Dazzle Them by Nancy Huang
Once upon a time not so long ago, there was a little boy who went to the market to try to sell his wares. He wasn’t having any luck. “Who will buy my sweet red roses? Two blooms for a penny,” he sang out hauntingly. A young man came along, full of soft-spoken enthusiasm. ... It meant that last weekend, armed with my laptop and my all-in-one scanner-printer-copier, I made the following five things for home: I-made-it-myself I-love-you Valentines card A well-done-for-coming-second-last certificate of achievement for niece 20 copies of my-own-original-recipes booklet for Christmas...

Your Ink Glossary Terms Have Just Been Compiled In Order To Define The Content Of Your Cartridges by Joseph Mercado
If you need some help with ink and printing terms, this section will help you. The following glossary should help you grasp the important concepts that control the art and science of ink usage. Absorption: •The dispersal and decreased transmission of visible light in its interaction with... Pixel: •A tiny picture element that contains red, green and blue information for color rendering on a monitor or scanner. ... Raster Image Processor (RIP): •Software and/or hardware used to convert digital printing to information needed by a printer or other device to produce finished output.