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Printer Maintenance – How to Make Your Printer Last a Very Long Time

Printer Maintenance - How to Make Your Printer Last a Very Long Time

How to maximize the life of your printer

With financial reports, project submissions, school assignments and lecture notes hanging precariously over our heads, the last thing we need during these busy times is a printer failure. Most of the work today is done or transported through electronic media, only to be printed before their actual utilization. Hence, whenever the printer starts its work, you can safely say th Read the rest of this entry »

An Introduction to Photo Printers

An Introduction to Photo Printers

A photo printer is a printer designed for high quality digital photo printing on photo papers. The conventional inkjet printers and the modern digital printers require printer supplies that include inkjet refills and cartridge refills. There are several different models of printers requiring different compatible printer cartridges. These can either be new or remanufactured cartridges. Whether a person acquires a new or a remanuf Read the rest of this entry »

Guide to Buying a New printer

Guide to Buying a New printer

One of the more perplexing decisions when faced with choosing a new printer is which print technology is going to suit you best. At the moment there are two main printing systems: the laser technology, using toner cartridges and a transfer drum assembly; and ink jets using ink tank cartridges and fine-spray nozzles. The method that will suit you best will depend largely on what you plan to print on your new printer, and cost fac Read the rest of this entry »

Driving Your Printer Properly

Driving Your Printer Properly

span style=”font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";”>Most operating systems can only use computer hardware once this is properly installed. This includes your brand-new printer. A printer driver is a software program that allows your computer to recognize the printer to allow you to use this for all your printing needs.

Importance of Printer Drivers

Apart from allowing you to use the pri Read the rest of this entry »

Important Printer Terminology

Important Printer Terminology

Understanding printer terminology helps one to search for, select and operate printers in a better and effective way. One of these important printer terms is DPI which stands for Dots per inch. It is a quantity used to define the resolution of printer images. The higher the DPI, the greater will be the details with which the image is displayed. The term used to measure the printing speed is known as PPM. PPM stands for pages per Read the rest of this entry »