Have you ever watched a professional or collegiate football game and noticed the quarterback looking at enlarged pictures on the sideline?  Perhaps he threw an interception because of an offensive breakdown and the coach wants to discuss what went wrong.  The best way to go about this is to have visuals so the players can actually see where the mistakes were made.  Though there are multiple coaches on the field, it is the coaching and management staff that sits upstairs in the team suite that provides the visual aide. Continue reading “Printing to win games” »

In a flailing economy, it is more important now than ever for businesses and individuals alike to do whatever they can to limit spending and stay within a budget.  Obviously, printing is an integral part of any standard office, and many people have a personal printer at home that is used for printing things like flight itinerary or concert tickets as well as pictures.  The upfront price of printers has been reduced over the last few years, but the cost of ink and toner has gone up.  Fortunately, though, there are ways to cut costs on cartridges right now and in the long run. Continue reading “Save money by recycling ink cartridges” »

With hundreds of thousands of printers being used in homes and offices around the world, ink and toner cartridges are on high demand.  A printer is worthless without the liquid or powder products that are used to color coat the blank piece of paper that is inserted into the printer and deliver accurate and crisp prints.  The maximum page yield of cartridges range from 150 pages up to 30,000 pages, depending on the type and size of the machine the cartridges are used for.  So, what is one to do when ink or toner runs low and new cartridges are needed to continue operation? Continue reading “The empty cartridge dilemma” »

There is something out there on the market called edible printer ink, and it is becoming increasingly popular.  This product was designed to appeal to event planners, specialty cake designers or simple hosts of extravagant and unique parties.  It is yet to be determined if the taste of this ink is good, but it surely makes for an interesting party favor. Continue reading “Edible ink and paper” »

In the world today, fear of a global meltdown are growing and spreading.  It has become painfully real that the simple, every day choices people make are having an increasingly devastating effect on the planet.  It seems standard for individuals to believe their effort will not be enough to fix an enormous problem, but if every person who thought that made that effort anyway, a change would happen.  There are many ways to make a difference, some easy and some extreme. Continue reading “Recycling your empty toner cartridges” »

This year, the first of what you hope to be a number of kids was born.  It was the most exhilarating experience of your young life, but it surely kept you out of commission for a while.  Though all of this was to be expected, what you weren’t expecting was your husband to lose his job.  After working for the same company for 12 years, his position was eliminated in an attempt to reduce spending by the company.  He got a nice severance and will collect unemployment wages until he can find something else, but starting a new family on half the planned budget has been tough. Continue reading “Cheap birthday decorations” »

If you have always had dreams of writing a book, but were never positive that you had enough attention to detail that is required to fill up so many pages, perhaps your first step should be typing up and printing out an outline.  Start by deciding how many chapters you want to have in your book and what you want each of them to be about.  Once you have the chapters figured out, come up with major points that you would like to discuss in those chapters. Continue reading “Creating an outline for your book” »

Regardless of personal belief in global warming or the long-term effects that our decisions of today will have on the planet tomorrow, it is undeniable that recycling has a plethora of benefits.  Not only does it help preserve the environment, but it also puts money back in the pockets of business folk and commoners alike.  The facts about printer cartridge recycling are frightening, and if everyone could recognize how simple it would be to make a difference, a difference could be made. Continue reading “Inkjet recycling for the future” »

You have just purchased a liquor store and it is your job to make some changes in advertisement and come up with new ideas to bring people in.  Without a creative mind, this could be challenging.  But just a few new ideas could elevate the store to a new level, and your all-in-one printer will be there to help along the way.  Having multiple functions in one machine will save you space and time as well as money that otherwise would have to be spend hiring outside people. Continue reading “Using an All-in-One” »

It has been a long time since you have put together a resume; after all you have been stuck at this dead end job for nearly a decade.  Finally, though, you are itching to get out and find something that suits you better.  Maybe you can find something that is relevant to the career you focused on in college.  Opportunities are out there, but they will not all come your way.  So you need to make this chance, maybe your last chance, to change your path. Continue reading “Printing a resume” »