I find PC repair guys to be funny, as in ha-ha funny. These gentlemen drive around town in their beat-up pickup trucks or vans with magnetic signs on the driver’s door with "PC REPAIR" printed on it. Some even use stick-on letters that are supposed to go on postal mailboxes. These ‘businessmen’ operate out of shacks – as in...

Label printers are interesting because it’s something that up to this point has not been replaced by anything better. I seriously doubt you will ever see a tablet or a smartphone with a printer attached to it because those devices are inherently "anti-physical", meaning they’re not meant to have any physical peripherals attached to them....

What exactly does "doesn’t need a PC" mean? It means this printer doesn’t need a PC at all. It’s web-connected on its own. This is called the HP Photosmart Premium and yes, it has its own 4.33-inch touch screen. When I say it doesn’t need the PC at all, I meant it. According to this article, this will be introduced in the fall...

One of the most reliable printers you can buy is a laser printer. They have less moving parts compared to inkjet (meaning more reliable), and for many models there is in-home printer service available should it bust – even if it’s out of warranty. Inkjet printers can be had on the cheap new, but as anyone knows it’s cartridges that burn a hole...

Situation: You’re going to install a Canon printer on a computer but you don’t have the driver CD for it. So, like anyone else, you go to Canon’s web site to download them. This should be an easy painless process, right? Wrong. Here’s what you have to do to download drivers for a consumer-grade Canon printer:Go to www.canon.com Click...

FedEx Office (formerly known as FedEx Kinko’s or just Kinko’s) is a 24-hour-a-day shop in most places where you can walk in to do a quick scan, print, fax or any other number of office-related stuff. To note: FedEx Office is just one example of a store like this. Even the sleepiest of small towns in the USA have some kind of local office store when...

A cat. This will save the company millions as his only compensation requirement is Tender Vittles.Note: The last cat tech got the sack for eating too much...

If you print often, most likely you encounter the ‘useless page’ (the page with 2 lines at the end, a banner ad, etc.) quite frequently. These pages are a waste of ink and, more importantly, paper (trees). To help alleviate this problem, give GreenPrint a look. GreenPrint’s approach is simple: it intelligently determines which pages are ok to...

Sharing a printer on your network is another very useful feature of a network. Allow all of your computers to use the same printer. There are three ways to accomplish this: [hidepost=1]Have the printer plugged directly into one of the computers on the network and simply use the operating system to share it. Plug the printer directly into the network using a...

If you’ve been using computers a long while you probably have an old printer lying around somewhere. And it’s most likely true the only reason you don’t use it is either because:It’s too big to fit on the desk. It uses an insanely thick cable with a Centronics connector to connect to your computer. Your computer (especially if a laptop)...

One thing everyone complains about is the price of inkjet cartridges because they are so grossly overpriced. Some have tried refilling old cartridges (such as sticking a syringe inside and pumping ink into them) but most people know that’s a hit-or-miss method of trying to save a buck. Are there other methods of printing available that are available for...

A lot of computer users today (including myself) have a laser printer. Laser printers offer good quality and are very fast printers. So, it is a good technology. That said, might it be that it is a technology that has side effects on our health? Some Say Yes There was a report put out a month or so ago from an Australian air quality researcher claiming exactly...