Mar 24, 2008 11:45 | Posted in: Printing | Comments: Only one
You use your printer every day and would feel helpless without it, but how much do you really know about it other than the fact that it drives you up the wall when something goes wrong?
Printers are incredible machines! All you need to do is press “print” and your document’s data is sent to the printer driver, the information is translated into a format that the printer can understand, the paper is fed through the rollers and positioned at the start of the page, and the letters are placed exactly where you want them to be (ink and toner are applied differently) so that you receive your printed document in a matter of seconds!
While the lightbulb and ballpoint pen are considered to be among the greatest inventions of all-time, the printer has definitely held it’s own in the way it has helped people and businesses communicate through mail, magazines, newspapers, books, and more.
However, the printing world has caused some problems too…
Printer cartridges are extremely costly not only to your wallet, but also to the environment.
Here are four surprising facts about your printer that will make you think twice about where you buy your next cartridge: continue»
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We hear the three R’s - reduce, reuse, recycle - tossed around ever day, yet it seems our society on the whole is still missing the point. Sure, we toss our bottles into the blue bins and our paper into the brown boxes, but where do the rest of our sustainable actions begin and end?
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