My Copies Have Black Lines – How Can I Fix It?

Posted by Mark Yingling on Aug 5, 2015 8:35:00 AM

Little black dresses at cocktail parties are 100% classic. Little black dots or lines on your copies are just 100% annoying. Fortunately, the solution is usually fairly simple; requiring some cleaning materials and a bit of elbow grease.

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Topics: copier, productivity, repair

Fixing Your Broken Copier (And Printer. And Scanner)

Posted by Mark Yingling on Jul 31, 2015 3:16:28 PM

Machines break. At some point, your copier or printer or computer or iPad or iPhone or, you get the point, will stop working either because something inside of the equipment broke or the software goes haywire. Broken copiers mean lost productivity.

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Topics: copier, repair

Anyone Could Use a Copier

Posted by Mark Yingling on Jul 7, 2015 10:49:31 AM

“I don’t work in a large office, there’s no way I need a huge piece of office equipment like a copier. Your title is wrong,” I can imagine some of you thinking. Read on, I think I can change your mind. 

First off, printer ink is expensive. When you buy an “inexpensive” MFP or printer from a big box store, you think you’re getting a deal and the ability to print office documents economically. Not really. Depending on the printer, how much you print, and the yield (number of documents you can print from each ink cartridge), you could easily pay double, triple, or more than what you paid for the printer in just ink. If you’ve ever bought a razor on sale and then experienced sticker shock when you bought blades, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

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Topics: copier, productivity