When mankind first started using computers one of the very first peripherals anybody would buy was a printer. Printing documents was just about the one thing people liked having computers for, and in the early days of dot matrix and bubblejet printers (before ink prices soared) people would print anything and everything at length. Now [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Reformat PDF Documents Before Printing
Some say that printer ink is more expensive than gold. I’m not sure if this is still true with gold breaking one all-time high after the other. Still, printer ink is pretty expensive, especially if you buy official ink. One way to save ink is to print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. That [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Use Dropbox To Print From Anywhere
Maybe you have experienced similar situations. You are working with your netbook or browsing the Internet via your mobile phone and want to print information. Problem is, the printer is not connected to the device you are currently working with. You could send the documents that you want to print to the computer the printer [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Hotfix For Poor Printing Performance In Windows 7
Microsoft recently provided customers with a hotfix to fix poor printing performance issues in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft confirmed that “on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the printing performance may be poor compared to the performance on a computer that is running Windows Vista [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Setting up a network printer in Fedora 13
I have been bragging to everyone how user-friendly Fedora has become with it’s most recent release for a while now. Some people are prone to believe me and some are not. No matter where you stand, if you have any experience with Linux, you know there are certain aspects that can be a bit of [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Print What You Like Optimizes Printing Jobs
Every now and then we look back at services that we have reviewed before. Print What You Like was reviewed by us in 2008. It is an online service that allows a user to optimize printing jobs before they are send to the printer. It is limited to optimizing printouts of websites and offers controls [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Lower Printing Costs With Print Management Software iPrint
There are several possibilities to lower the printing costs both in a business and home environment. From the most obvious “print less” to reducing the amount of print ink per paper to printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper. Print management software programs like iPrint aid the organization and user in reducing the printing [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Eco-Friendly Printer RiTi Suggests Coffee And Tea Instead Of Ink
Many computer users have one thing in common: They drink coffee, lots of it. The coffee dregs usually lands in the bin. This can be a thing of the past if the eco-friendly printer RiTi makes it from concept to prototype in the near future. The RiTi Printer replaces traditional printer ink with coffee or [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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CD And DVD Printing Software DVD Print
CD and DVD printing software DVD Print makes it quite easy to create compelling CD and DVD covers. This can come in handy when downloading (free) music or movies from the Internet that come with covers. It can also be interesting for users who backup their CD and DVD collection and want to add a [...]