http://blog.printer.com Compare vendor prices on the Web Mon, 10 May 2010 19:49:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Several of our articles in the past have been about greener printing whether through the use of different fonts to save ink and paper or through the recycling of printers and printer accessories.  We feel that there are ways to decrease our carbon footprint and with small adjustments to your ... http://blog.printer.com/2010/05/environment-101-how-to-be-green-while-appearing-otherwise/ When I was going to the University of Texas in the late-80s, I took a class called Parageography taught by Dr. Doug Parker. Parageography is the study of imaginary places and it was taught in the Classics Department. It became my favorites class of all time; even ... http://blog.printer.com/2010/04/fonts-that-annoy-people/ My name is Kimm and I am a book addict.  It has been 35 years since I started reading books. I started by checking out books in the library in elementary school.  In middle school, I became a librarian aid so I could check out more books than was allowed.  In ... http://blog.printer.com/2010/03/book-addiction-curbing-the-shakes-after-hours/ In my household are four printers, each of which is networked to allow three different computers in the house to access them. For everyday color printing and basic photo printing, there's an HP Photosmart 3210 color inkjet printer. For everyday black and white printing, we have a Brother HL-2170W laser ... http://blog.printer.com/2010/02/windows-printers-drivers-oh-my/ Today, people can print all kinds of things: teeth, 3D objects, skin... you name it. But back in the 40s, it was much harder to print an ad.  Remember, they didn't have neato cool computers where they could load a graphic and print it out on paper ... http://blog.printer.com/2009/12/printing-in-the-1940s/ Do you remember when sports all of a sudden embraced the advertisement world and began to sell the naming rights to their arenas, bases and bathrooms?  That trend isn't going to be going away anytime soon and with the quick technological leaps coming in the printer ... http://blog.printer.com/2009/10/ill-have-a-latte-with-nutmeg-griffin-please/ Publishing has taken a noted downturn in the past few years. We now have Kindle™, nook™ and Sony Reader™ that the younger generations are grabbing onto and the declining economy has forced many publishers into greatly decreasing production or permanently closing their doors. Realms of Fantasy closed on January 27, ... http://blog.printer.com/2009/10/the-future-of-publishing/ How many times have you been sitting in Starbucks and you needed to print something?  Wouldn't it be great if you could slip a printer into your laptop bag and take it with you to your favorite coffeehouse? Sound crazy doesn't it? Late 2009 or early 2010, you will be able to ... http://blog.printer.com/2009/09/take-your-printer-to-starbucks/ The majority of over 10,000 people participating in a study in 21 countries are self-conscience about the carbon footprint of their printing activities. Most people don’t know how they can reduce their carbon footprint by making changes to their printing habits. Women appear to be more concerned about the impact of ... http://blog.printer.com/2009/08/carbon-footprint-of-printing-global-guilt-coupled-with-ignorance/ In April, we had a great article that talked about "Printing in the Third Dimension", a new technology that is gaining ground in architectural companies and other fields that have a need to make a 3-D object immediately-- like a prototype or mold. In this post, we want ... http://blog.printer.com/2009/07/print-a-new-hip-while-u-wait/