Entries tagged with printers - Channel 10

Make Any Site Printer-Friendly

sarahintampa — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:08:00 GMT

You know what’s really annoying? When you go to print out something from the web but the site has no “print” button to reformat the website for the printed page. What you usually end up with (if you’re not careful about configuring the options after doing a thorough “print preview”) is a bunch of wasted paper as excess content like ads and page footers end up on separate pages. There should be a better way, don’t you think? Well, there is. A site called PrintWhatYouLike.com lets you simply plugin a URL and then click the parts of the page you want to print. You can also choose to get rid of things like the site’s background, images, or other hand-selected content you choose. In absence of a real print reformatting engine, this is the next best thing. (via MakeUseOf)

FixYourOwnPrinter.com

sarahintampa — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:40:00 GMT

If you have a home office or small business, you may not have an I.T. guy or gal around that you can call when things go wrong. That’s why the website called fixyourownprinter.com is worth a bookmark. Save it now, because you might need it later! On this site, you’ll find valuable information about your printer, including documentation, links to driver downloads, and even links to the repair kits you may need to order.

To use the site, you simply enter in your printer make and model in the search box provided. When your search results display, you’ll find all the documentation about the printer that the website has available on the left-hand side of the page and, on the right, there will be links to the matching forum posts. From the “Reference” tab at the top of the page, you can search for part #s, model #s, and even engine #s for printers or click the links provided to search error codes, find documentation, drivers, and more.

There’s nothing too fancy about this site, but sometimes simple is better. Even without too many bells and whistles, FixYourOwnPrinter.com is still a useful resource for anyone stuck troubleshooting their own printer. (via AppScout)

Automatically Find Local Printers

sarahintampa — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:04:00 GMT

Seriously cool! Recently, I read about the new Xerox Mobile Express Driver that lets you automatically detect all the available printers in your vicinity - even the ones that are non-Xerox - and then downloads and installs the appropriate drivers automatically. Keep in mind that this software won’t get you connected the office printer at your favorite wi-fi hotspot, but it will help you find printers when you plug into the corporate network of the client you’re visiting or the printers over at your friend’s house. The software is dead simple to install and use, but you will need to be connected to the internet for the installation to work. When you’re ready to print, just choose the Xerox Mobile printer that will now be in your printer list and the software scans and adds available printers. You can even assign a name to the location so you won’t have to scan and re-add printers next time you’re there. (via CNet)

High Performance Low-Cost 3D Printing Technology

Laura — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:01:00 GMT

3D printing has been around for a while but the prospect of actually having one of these badboys on your desktop were slim to none. The price has always been astronomical. But now, Desktop Factory has created a way to reduce the price and give us all the opportunity to scan and print any 3D object we can imagine. The potential uses for this are countless. In this clip you can learn just what the process is and then, of course, how you can get your very own.