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		<title>Letters to hotels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve been planning your vacation for months. Ever since you bought those plane tickets six months ago, all you could do was sit and patiently wait for your time to come. Once you finally get to the hotel, though, you realize something quite frightening to you—the hotel is overbooked and you can’t check in until [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’ve been planning your vacation for months. Ever since you bought those plane tickets six months ago, all you could do was sit and patiently wait for your time to come. Once you finally get to the hotel, though, you realize something quite frightening to you—the hotel is overbooked and you can’t check in until the next day. When you get there, they act as if they haven’t done anything wrong. Your room doesn’t get upgraded and you don’t get any discount. Not only that, but you had to pay extra money to stay at some random hotel the first night of your trip. If you’re like most people, no matter how wonderful your trip may have been, at this point in your life, you are not happy. While just going completely off on someone at the hotel may seem like the easiest thing to do, it’s definitely not the most mature—and it probably won’t get you what you want anyway.</p>
<p>So what’s the best thing to do? Why not use your inkjet printer to write a formal letter to someone higher up than the concierge that didn’t seem to care that he had derailed your first vacation in three years? A letter will show that although you are upset with the situation, you are still handling it maturely and in a professional fashion. People at hotels are probably more likely to help you out, if you aren’t yelling and cursing at them.</p>
<p>The great thing about a letter is that it actually puts your words on paper. It also helps you to remember everything you want to say, whereas if you are on the spot, you may forget something. Plus, whoever originally receives the letter will easily be able to pass it on to someone else higher up if needed. If you have a problem with your travel arrangements printing out a letter with your inkjet printer is the best way to handle the situation.</p>
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		<title>Canon imageCLASS MF5730</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Offering snappy output rates and an abundance of advanced features makes the Canon imageCLASS MF5730 a quality multifunction laser printer for any home office.  Looking for a unit that can conveniently fit in a tight space? With a size of 19.1&#215;18.8&#215;17 inches, its compact design will fit comfortably in most workspaces.  Also, a weight of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Offering snappy output rates and an abundance of advanced features makes the Canon imageCLASS MF5730 a quality multifunction laser printer for any home office.  Looking for a unit that can conveniently fit in a tight space? With a size of 19.1&#215;18.8&#215;17 inches, its compact design will fit comfortably in most workspaces.  Also, a weight of only 30 pounds gives added convenience to transportation.  The inclusion of print, copy and scan functions will make it easy for anyone to multitask and tackle a number of different projects.</p>
<p>Its assortment of copy features includes a maximum document enlargement of 200% and maximum document reduction of 50%.  Quality printer toner allows the MF5730 to produce duplicates when copying with a resolution of 600&#215;600 dpi.  Printed documents turn out with an even better resolution of up to 1200&#215;600 dpi.  Speeds of up to 21 pages per minute printing and copying will keep you turning out results at high volume rates.  Those in need of a quality scanning device will be happy with the MF5730’s superior scanning feature.  A 24-bit color depth and maximum toner resolution of 1200&#215;2400 dpi create documents with a crisp and sharp detail.</p>
<p>A high yield of up to 2,500 pages allows its Canon MF5730 toner cartridges to last long periods of time before expiring.  The option of purchasing consumables from a third party vendor gives you a chance to shop around for the best prices.  Inexpensive toners are one of the great features that make it an inexpensive printer.</p>
<p>With a 50-sheet automatic document feeder and an additional 250-sheet cassette tray, the MF5730 won’t make restocking paper a common occurrence.  It can support paper with a maximum size of up to 8.5&#215;14 inches.  Included software and drivers make setup a quick and effortless task.  As far as home all-in-one units go, Canon’s MF5730 includes features that make it an efficient model.</p>
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		<title>Rainy day inkjet fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are a parent, grandparent or baby-sitter, you know how difficult it can be entertaining children. When it’s warm outside, all you need is a bottle of bubbles, a pack of sidewalk chalk, a ball of some sort and a swing set to occupy a child for an entire day. When there’s rain outside, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether you are a parent, grandparent or baby-sitter, you know how difficult it can be entertaining children. When it’s warm outside, all you need is a bottle of bubbles, a pack of sidewalk chalk, a ball of some sort and a swing set to occupy a child for an entire day. When there’s rain outside, though, or a cold day, about half of your options for entertainment are gone, and you are left wondering how to entertain the rowdy children when the sun isn’t shiny. If you have an inkjet printer, though, you have enough entertainment to fill up every rainy day that happens while they’re out of school and more!</p>
<p>Inkjet printers offer all sorts of activities for kids. One of the most popular is creating coloring book pages. Many printer manufacturers, like HP, have a large selection of coloring book pages you can print out right from their site. However, if you don’t like the selection or your particular manufacturer doesn’t offer these, you can easily print them out from a number of websites on the internet. Most of these will print out black-and-white, like a normal coloring book, leaving you with page that’s ready to be colored.</p>
<p>You can also print out stickers for your children to play with. You could have them create and choose the stickers, that way it’s an entire activity. Then hand them some paper to stick them on.</p>
<p>If you’re feeling creative, too, and your kids are a little older, you could even use your inkjet printer to print out iron-on transfers to make your t-shirts, pillows or bags just a little more fun.</p>
<p>You could also use your inkjet printer to make cards for friends and family. If your husband’s birthday is soon, let the kids make him a card he will really love. You could even make a scrapbook!</p>
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		<title>Brother MFCP-2000</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 22:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to basic printers, there are many options.  However, Brother may have perfected the basic printer with the MFCP-2000.  Not only will this unit provide all of the simple services needed out of a laser printer, but it also has the ability to make copies.  This machine should be able to handle most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to basic printers, there are many options.  However, Brother may have perfected the basic printer with the MFCP-2000.  Not only will this unit provide all of the simple services needed out of a laser printer, but it also has the ability to make copies.  This machine should be able to handle most basic tasks any home or small office would have.  However, the MFCP-2000 does not have color printing capabilities, which could be a problem for some.</p>
<p>There is only one Brother MFCP-2000 toner cartridge in this unit, and it can last up to 2,200 prints before needing to be replaced.  Finding replacements and installing them are quite simple, and the black printer toner will provide high-quality, professional prints.  If you get toner cartridges directly from the manufacturer, the price may start to add up.  Remanufactured Brother MFCP-2000 toner is available from third party vendors.  These will be less expensive but provide the same crisp and clear documents, as well as lasting for over 2,000 prints.</p>
<p>There are many laser printers that have the ability to scan and fax, but this is not one of them.  It is literally the most basic of double-purpose printers.  Unfortunately, the MFCP-2000 is only compatible with Windows operating systems, so Mac users will need to look elsewhere.  The straight paper path prevents excessive paper jams.  There is no flatbed, so only single pieces of paper at a time can go through.</p>
<p>The Brother MFCP-2000 is a reliable laser printer.  It may not have fancy features and multiple functions, but it can print and copy with professional quality and with maximum resolutions of 600 dpi.  It is a relatively compact and light weight machine as well, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to install and fit on the desk top.  All around, the MFCP-2000 is a good choice.</p>
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		<title>HP ePrint</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 14:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like most people, the hustle and bustle of the work day can get to you. Your always running around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to make it to this meeting or that meeting and that’s just while you’re at work. At home you’re taking your kids to soccer, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are like most people, the hustle and bustle of the work day can get to you. Your always running around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to make it to this meeting or that meeting and that’s just while you’re at work. At home you’re taking your kids to soccer, helping them with their homework, cooking dinner and putting the kids to bed. Life can get stressful, and you hardly have time to connect to your printer multiple times throughout the day to get this or that printed. If you have a smart phone, though, HP has created something just for you—HP ePrint.</p>
<p>HP ePrint is the only mobile printing solution out there on the market that allows users to print from nearly anywhere using their smart phone. Great for the President of a company who is rarely in the office but needs to get hard copy documents to his employees and the mom who while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic found the perfect dinner recipe online alike, HP ePrint has found a way to make printing a little easier and more efficient than ever before. Imagine being on a business trip then realizing you forgot to print out an important document out for your business partner’s big meeting. Instead of leaving the airport, going to the office to print it out and then missing your flight, why not just print directly from your Droid phone and have it waiting at the office in the printer when your partner arrives?</p>
<p>HP ePrint documents can be sent via Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, Adobe PDF files, PowerPoint presentations, HTML files, Image files, text files and XPS. That means users have wide variety of options and won’t be held back by their mobile printing. Though only a few HP printers come standard with ePrint at this time, soon ePrint will be a commonality in the printing world.</p>
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		<title>Canon 2060</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 22:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A host of functions including print, copy and fax features that produce quality monochrome resolutions make the Canon 2060 a worthwhile multifunction printer.  Customizable features make it easy to use.  The availability of inexpensive compatible consumables from third party vendors allows you to save money when printing.  With the capability of printing on special media [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A host of functions including print, copy and fax features that produce quality monochrome resolutions make the Canon 2060 a worthwhile multifunction printer.  Customizable features make it easy to use.  The availability of inexpensive compatible consumables from third party vendors allows you to save money when printing.  With the capability of printing on special media like Canon’s glossy photo paper the 2060 can turn out pictures and images with sharp and flawless detail.  The option of a 40-sheet automatic document feeder makes it effortless to use.</p>
<p>Compared to many other similar all-in-one devices, the 2060’s fax machine has a large fax memory of up to 340 pages.  A 20-sheet paper drawer and additional 100-sheet media tray let users print more while restocking paper less.  The ability to make copies of standard sized documents, excluding bound media, increases the variety of what it can produce.  For its relatively low price, this fax machine has a surprising number of useful features.</p>
<p>Optional cost-efficient Canon 2060 toner cartridges are a smart way to spend less money.  Its toner can yield approximately 2,700 pages of quality and detailed text documents.  One of the 2060’s downfalls is its low quality graphics, which suffer as a result of only monochrome capabilities.  Also, you may find its print speeds of only 6 pages per minute to be on the slow end in comparison to other machines.</p>
<p>The availability of cost-efficient toners, a large media handling capacity and an impressive fax memory set the 2060 apart from competing models.  Those consumers checking out mid to high volume output rate multifunction fax machines should give some attention to this Canon device.   However, if you’re not in the mood to wait on slow fax transmission and printing speeds, there are other options more suitable to fast paced environments.</p>
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		<title>One year anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a matter of days it will be your one year anniversary with your boyfriend. When the two of you started out, you weren’t so sure you were meant to be. But now, you are in love, and you know for sure he is who are going to spend the rest of your life with. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a matter of days it will be your one year anniversary with your boyfriend. When the two of you started out, you weren’t so sure you were meant to be. But now, you are in love, and you know for sure he is who are going to spend the rest of your life with. How do you give him a gift to tell him just how you feel and how much you love him? If you have an inkjet printer you have everything you need to make your first anniversary very special.</p>
<p>First, make a card for the one you love. Using a program like Greetings Workshop or Photoshop, create a personalized card especially for your significant other. You can put clipart hearts all over the card, and you can even print it on specialty or colored paper. If you want to get really fancy, you could even add a picture of the two of you. With an inkjet printer, you can print as many graphics or photos as you want, and each one will print out with high quality.</p>
<p>Now, you have to figure out a present. Why not create a scrapbook of your last year together. Not only will this be a great present for your boyfriend that shows how much you care, but it will be a fun way for you to relive the past year too.</p>
<p>There are two ways you can create the scrapbook for him. First, you could simply use your printer to print out the photos that you want. Inkjet printers print out photos with lab-quality results. It will look like you got each picture developed professionally, but you really haven’t left your house! You can also create a scrapbook right on your computer, thanks to an inkjet printer. After you’ve create the pages, just print it out and bind them together.</p>
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		<title>HP LaserJet 1020</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 22:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently discontinued, the HP LaserJet 1020 is a personal laser printer with black-and-white printing capabilities only.  With a small size of 14.6&#215;9.5&#215;8.2 inches, it should not be hard to find a space in your home for this compact machine. It also has a weight of 11 pounds that makes it quite portable.  At 14 pages [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently discontinued, the HP LaserJet 1020 is a personal laser printer with black-and-white printing capabilities only.  With a small size of 14.6&#215;9.5&#215;8.2 inches, it should not be hard to find a space in your home for this compact machine. It also has a weight of 11 pounds that makes it quite portable.  At 14 pages per minute and a first page out time of only 10 seconds, it can print fast enough for most home users with light needs, like essay or coupon printing. It only offers wired connectivity via USB port, and the 1020 has a maximum RAM of 2 MB.</p>
<p>Using only one HP 1020 toner cartridge filled with black printer toner, resolutions as high as 600&#215;600 dpi are possible, which creates text documents that are flawless and impressive. Envelopes, labels, plain paper, transparencies, cards and business cards are all supported by the LaserJet 1020. The machine has a monthly lackluster duty cycle of 5,000 pages, which should be enough for most home users with light printing needs but will fall short of most office needs.</p>
<p>User reviews of the 1020 show both positive and negative opinions. For fans of the machine its inexpensive operating costs and high text quality are the most notable aspects. The low cost per page is often applauded too. Users find that it is tough, reliable and easy to use. However, no matter how many positives there are with this LaserJet, there are negatives too. Most dislike the lack of automatic duplex printing, and business-oriented users wish it were network ready as well. A few have also complained that though its text output is exceptional, the graphics output leaves a lot to be desired. For those who don’t print graphics or require many office-friendly features, though, there may not be a better, more affordable option on the market.</p>
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		<title>Bake sale goodies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Fundraiser” is a word that almost all small organizations and volunteer groups know. If you need money and your organization doesn’t have the funds, fundraisers are a must. If you are in a bind and you need to make money—but aren’t looking to rake in a fortune—you may want to consider having a bake sale [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Fundraiser” is a word that almost all small organizations and volunteer groups know. If you need money and your organization doesn’t have the funds, fundraisers are a must. If you are in a bind and you need to make money—but aren’t looking to rake in a fortune—you may want to consider having a bake sale and using your inkjet printer to get people in the door.</p>
<p>The first thing you could do is make very general bake sale signs to hang around at local business or organizations that are close by. Make sure you include when the bake sale is happening, why the bake sale is happening and where the bake sale is happening. You should include bright colors to draw onlookers in, and clip art is a great way to make your advertisement stand out from the crowd of advertisements that may be hanging up around it.</p>
<p>Another thing you could do is use your inkjet printer to print out personalized invitations for people you’d like to see there. If this is a school fundraiser, you may want to create specialized invitations for the principal or all the teachers. You should remember to include all custodians and kitchen staff too. You’d be surprised how many people feel happy to just be invited, and that will definitely bring in customers. Not to mention you could invite outside people not affiliated with the school, like friends or people from your church. Don’t forget about your parents, grandparents and extended family too.</p>
<p>Now that everyone knows everything about the sale, you need to get ready. Using your inkjet printer, print out labels to label all the baked goodies with. On these labels you could include what the baked good is and how much it costs. If you want to be really fancy, you could even include a label with ingredients.</p>
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		<title>Dell 5110CN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your office print hundreds, maybe even thousands of documents every day?  If so, it has probably been a struggle to find a reasonably priced unit that can handle that volume.  Well, there is no need to live this way.  The Dell 5110cn is a powerhouse color laser printer with the ability to handle massive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does your office print hundreds, maybe even thousands of documents every day?  If so, it has probably been a struggle to find a reasonably priced unit that can handle that volume.  Well, there is no need to live this way.  The Dell 5110cn is a powerhouse color laser printer with the ability to handle massive printing demands and do so with little maintenance.  This machine can produce as many as 40 pages per minute when printing with only black printer toner and as many as 35 pages per minute when printing in color.</p>
<p>If that speed doesn’t impress you, perhaps the Dell 5110cn toner cartridges will.  The toners that are supplied by the manufacturer upon purchase have a page yield of 8,000 pages for color and 10,000 pages for black.  That capacity is better than most color laser printers, but Dell knows that some offices just need more.  So color replacements can yield up to 12,000 pages, and the black can produce 18,000 pages—yes, 18,000 pages—before running out.</p>
<p>This is designed to be a workgroup printer, which means just about everyone in your office will be able to connect to it.  It is connected via USB, parallel and ethernet, which allows networking.  It also comes with tracking software, so from the comfort of your desk you can see how many pages have printed and what the level of toner is.  Even though the Dell 5110cn doesn’t have the ability to print “photo quality” images, it is an ideal machine for an office that does pamphlet or flyer printing.</p>
<p>The 5110cn comes standard with a memory of 128 MB, which can be upgraded to 1 GB if necessary.  The more memory that is in the printer, the higher the volume of tasks it can handle.  So as your business grows, the Dell 5110cn is designed to grow with you.</p>
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		<title>Garage Sale Flyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your house is a mess. You have so many knick-knacks piling up that your house is beginning to look like a hoarder’s dream. You’re sick of the mess so a garage sale seems like a great idea. The only problem is that you’d rather not waste a ton of time planning and putting an event [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your house is a mess. You have so many knick-knacks piling up that your house is beginning to look like a hoarder’s dream. You’re sick of the mess so a garage sale seems like a great idea. The only problem is that you’d rather not waste a ton of time planning and putting an event together if people aren’t actually going to show up. Good thing you have that laser printer to help you in your time of need.</p>
<p>How will a laser printer help you on your path to making a few bucks and cleaning out your closets? Well for one thing, you can print hundreds of flyers to post around town in your favorite places. You could even print up some to place in the mailboxes at church and hand out to your friends at work. The great thing about a laser printer is that the cost per page is minimal, meaning you can print as many flyers as you want without having to spend a fortune. Make sure you clearly print the day, the time and the location on these flyers so everyone knows all the details about the great event they will be attending.</p>
<p>Need to advertise to people on the road too? Well if you happen to have a laser printer that supports larger media sizes, you’re good to go there too. All you need to do is change the media type on your printer and create a larger, more eye-catching version of the awesome flyer you made before. Try to grab the attention of onlookers. You should make one of these as well to put on your street the day that the garage sale happens. Why? If you have a big sign that says “Garage Sale Today” people driving by will surely stop. Using your laser printer will help make your garage sale a big hit.</p>
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		<title>Brother MFC-6650</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Offices are overcrowded with people and equipment.  When the office manager finally gets to his breaking point and decides to make a change, consider getting the Brother MFC-6650.  This laser printer not only produces professional-quality text documents, it can scan, copy, fax and serve as a phone line.  It also has PC faxing capabilities, which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Offices are overcrowded with people and equipment.  When the office manager finally gets to his breaking point and decides to make a change, consider getting the Brother MFC-6650.  This laser printer not only produces professional-quality text documents, it can scan, copy, fax and serve as a phone line.  It also has PC faxing capabilities, which means you can send faxes from or receive them directly to your computer.  This form of faxing will free up the phone line and save money on long-distance calls for out-of-state affiliates.</p>
<p>Weighing less than 20 pounds, the MFC-6650 can be easily moved and installed by just about anyone.  It has a relatively compact size, which will allow it to fit easily in any office space.  Having so many functions in one machine will conserve space and increase convenience and efficiency.  It will also provide impressive documents that will certainly suffice in the business world.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this model, just like all of the other models in this Brother series, does not have the ability to print in color.  This is referred to as monochrome capabilities and requires only one black printer toner cartridge.  The Brother MFC-6650 toner can last up to 2,200 pages before a replacement is needed.  Replacements can be found new or remanufactured, from Brother or third party vendors.  The decent capacity of these toners and the discounted price of replacements make for an impressively low cost per page.  Thus, the MFC-6650 can fit into any budget.</p>
<p>There is no flatbed scanner for thicker documents, but the straight paper path helps prevent paper jams.  The maximum paper capacity is 200 sheets, and the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software used when scanning helps turn scanned text into editable text immediately.  Even though the Brother MFC-6650 is outdated and connects via parallel port only, the galore of functions and features makes it a solid addition to any growing office.</p>
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		<title>Wine of the month club</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though it may not be the most lucrative business out there, the wine industry is always in high demand.  Some people love to purchase cheap bottles of red and white wine, while others prefer to spend top dollar on the finest grapes from across the country and world.  Wine connoisseurs pride themselves on identifying the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Though it may not be the most lucrative business out there, the wine industry is always in high demand.  Some people love to purchase cheap bottles of red and white wine, while others prefer to spend top dollar on the finest grapes from across the country and world.  Wine connoisseurs pride themselves on identifying the many different flavors in wines, and have spent years training their pallet to recognized oak, fruit and various other ingredients.</p>
<p>A wine club is a way for these types of people to try new wines that are not as commonly found at local liquor stores.  People want wines from Italy or Argentina that have to be ordered specially, or even wines from dark cellars of California that are only sold to vendors.  When someone chooses to open a store in town, or sell from the internet, it is important to advertise and to specify the various tastes of each bottle that is served.</p>
<p>The creators of this Wine Club should be equipped with a laser printer.  Not only will they be able to print out receipts, invoices, order forms and the official club membership agreement, they can use it to put small cards in with each bottle.  The professional who tastes the wine first can write a thorough and unique review with explicit and distinct descriptions that will appeal to other connoisseurs or average consumers.  These reviews can be printed onto small greeting cards and attached to each individual bottle.</p>
<p>Though wine can easily be found locally, there may not be a better gift for a big wine drinker than a membership to a special Wine Club.  The creators of the club can use that laser printer to make gift cards and informative gift baskets.  The printed papers can explain the membership options and the multiple types of wine that are included in each package.</p>
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		<title>Printer for the full time writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an amateur writer or even writing full time, there are certain things you need. Among them is a printer capable of cranking out however many pages you need at whatever time you need them. You can’t be bothered with a trip to the library at 4am because that’s when you were suddenly [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are an amateur writer or even writing full time, there are certain things you need. Among them is a printer capable of cranking out however many pages you need at whatever time you need them. You can’t be bothered with a trip to the library at 4am because that’s when you were suddenly struck with inspiration, and you certainly don’t want to lose your train of thought by having to take the 10 minute commute there.</p>
<p>What you need is a laser printer. Though the upfront price of a laser printer may be a little terrifying, don’t let it scare you out of getting the thing your home office needs most. It’s true, that upfront price can be a little overwhelming, but the cost of maintenance for a laser printer is actually quite inexpensive. This is because the cartridges used inside are both inexpensive and high-yielding and these two things make laser printers have an affordable cost per page. You will certainly be printing draft followed by draft of your work, so with a laser printer you won’t have to worry about printing as many pages as you so desire.</p>
<p>The great thing about a laser printer is that it prints every document with very high quality. That means that every single draft will look good, and offer sharp, precise and clean results. Your drafts will be legible, but imagine how great the finished product will look. If you want your short stories and novels to look perfect when you send them out to publishers, a laser printer is the way to go.</p>
<p>With a laser printer, you can print as many or as few documents as you want at any time without being worried you will lose prints or lose money, making a laser printer a smart investment all around.</p>
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		<title>Brother MFC-4800</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are various types of laser printers on the market, some which are used for a single purpose and others that have multiple functions.  The Brother MFC-4800 will provide four different services—printing, copying, faxing and scanning.  You may think with all of these excellent features, this unit would be large in size and price.  However, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are various types of laser printers on the market, some which are used for a single purpose and others that have multiple functions.  The Brother MFC-4800 will provide four different services—printing, copying, faxing and scanning.  You may think with all of these excellent features, this unit would be large in size and price.  However, it weighs less than 20 pounds and is rather affordable. </p>
<p>The MFC-4800 has a built-in memory of 2 MB and a 200-sheet paper capacity.  There is a single tray that will feed paper through this unit in a straight path, which will prevent paper jams.  The automatic document feeder provides added convenience; however, the lack of a flatbed scanner will hold users back from copying or scanning anything thicker than a piece of paper. </p>
<p>There is only one Brother MFC-4800 toner cartridge inside this machine, and it contains black printer toner.  Color printing is not an option, which should only be a problem for homes or offices with graphic or photo printing needs.  The single toner cartridge can produce as many as 2,200 pages before a replacement will be needed.  When that day comes, new cartridges are available from the manufacturer or from third party vendors online.  Remanufactured MFC-4800 toner is also available for a lower price but the same high quality.</p>
<p>All-in-one laser machines are easy to find, but it is not always easy to find the right one.  The Brother MFC-4800 is a basic model with minimal fancy features, but it has many functions as can fit into one device.  In addition to faxing, scanning, printing and copying, PC faxing is also supported.  This allows users to send and receive faxes on the computer, which will free up the phone line and potentially save money on long distance bills.  All around, the MFC-4800 is a good addition to any small office.</p>
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