How to Leave Your IT Staff Alone When the Printer Breaks
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 16, 2018 10:27:44 AM
In many small businesses, departmental roles and responsibilities are blurry – human resources fades to marketing, marketing to sales, and IT to “anything remotely technical” that has any kind of connection to a computer or plugs into a wall. Pretty broad, right? If you have in-house …
45+ Tips for Getting the Most From Business Documents: Our Best Blogs of 2017
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Dec 28, 2017 11:00:00 AM
Another year has flown by. As we get ready for a great 2018, it’s a good time to look back at 2017. Here are the eight most-read blogs from 2017. Whether you missed them the first time around or want to reread them, I hope the 45 plus tips and ideas in the eight posts will give you id …
Improved Info Security and 4 More Reasons to Use Pull Printing
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Dec 21, 2017 1:58:58 PM
Printing costs money. True, every wasted print or copy that isn’t used costs pennies. But Ben Franklin had it right, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Start earning pennies with pull printing.
6 Overlooked Office Productivity Boosts From Your Copier
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Dec 14, 2017 3:30:44 PM
Information technology changes rapidly. That includes copy machines. If you still only think of your copier as a “paper in, paper out” device, then you’re missing out on business improvements many of our customers enjoy. Thirty years ago, copiers essentially used heat to fuse toner to …
Why Toner is Superior to Inkjet When You Want to Print in Color
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Nov 30, 2017 2:48:27 PM
If you’re like most offices, you and your coworkers use black and white printing most of the time, and the option to print in color is a perk that you rarely use. When you do print in color, though, what’s not so nice is that annoying error code taunting you that your ink is low or to …
10 Tips to Choose the Right Office Copier + Printer
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Nov 28, 2017 10:00:00 AM
If you're in the market for a new office printer, you have a lot of choices from multiple different vendors. A multifunction printer, or MFP, combines the functions of a printer, copier, scanner, and fax machine into one. An MFP can significantly improve workflow and reduce costs when …
4 Ways Copier Hard Drives Are a Security Risk
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Nov 27, 2017 4:00:00 PM
Data security is critical for any business that handles confidential information – customer credit card, private medical files, sensitive demographic information, or banking account numbers, are just a few examples. You've probably taken measures to protect your networks, servers, and …
Scam Alert! 19 Ways to Avoid and Sink Toner Pirates
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Nov 8, 2017 7:36:34 AM
Shiver me timbers, toner pirates are at it again. This sounds like a funny office joke or a Saturday Night Live skit with the “Makin' Copies” guy. It's not. A bunch of our customers are reporting that these scammers have been calling them. Here's how the scam works, how to spot a tone …
3 Things to Know BEFORE You Lease a Copier - BEWARE!
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Nov 3, 2017 12:00:23 PM
A lot of my time is spent dealing with end-of-lease questions. Existing customers sometimes choose to go a different direction and need to terminate a lease with us. We also acquire new customers and help them end their current contract. Based on my experience, I have changed the end …