Sunday, July 29, 2012

Glossary Of Printer Terms (Part 1 of 2):


Glossary Of Printer Terms (Part 1 of 2):

ALL-IN-ONE Printer – These are MultiFunction (MFC)/All-In-One printers which means they  can perform a variety of task including printing, scanning, copying and faxing, so that we don’t have to purchase individuals pieces of equipment.

Borderless Printing - Borderless printing allows a printer to output photos with no borders. This is extremely helpful for edge-to-edge printing.

Dot Matrix Printer - A dot matrix printer works by striking an ink ribbon to print tiny and closely spaced dots onto paper to form certain characters and simple images and is excellent for invoices, address labels and carbon copy invoices.

DPI - Dots per inch, used to indicate printing resolutions that are measured both horizontally and vertically. For example, a resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi means 4800 dots across and 1200 dots down so that there are 5,760,000 dots per square inch in total.

Duplex Printing - A technology allowing printing on both sides of the paper (sometimes referred to as two-sided printing).

Impact Printing - Impact printing creates images and text by striking the print media/paper. Dot matrix printers adopt impact printing technology.

Inkjet Printer - Inkjet printers spray extremely tiny and precise ink droplets to create characters and graphics. Based on color mixing principles, inkjet printers utilize several ink cartridges containing different colors to produce vivid color images, which is why inkjet printers are often applied in picture-intensive printing.

Laser Printer - A laser printer is also non-impact and uses laser to adhere solid toner (typically black powder) instead of spraying liquid ink onto paper to create images. In a laser printer, the drum (looks like a cylinder), laser unit, toner cartridge and fuser are important components for printing.

LPT/ Parallel Port - LPT, also known as Parallel Port, is a type of archived port used in the past by printers; today almost all printers use USB connections.

Part 2 of this Blog will be posted on Friday, August 3rd, 2012.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Word - How to create Note Cards


For Word 2003:
For those of you with Word 2003, go to Menu Bar > Tools->Letters and Mailings->Envelopes and Labels. To do so:
1.      In Word for Windows, click the Labels tab
2.      From the menu next to "Label products:" or "Label vendors", choose the brand of your labels. Then, in the "Product number:" field, choose the label you need, for example:
ü         5315 for notecards
ü         5362 for nametags or badges
Note: If you wish to change margins or other settings, click New Label... . Enter a name for your custom label, and change the settings to your specifications. After you click OK, Word will show your label name in the "Product number:" field.
3.      Click OK to save your settings.

FOR WORD 2007/2010:
For those of you with Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010:
Open Microsoft Word 2007 OR 2010 and click on the "Microsoft Office Button" in the top left of the Ribbon.
1.          Click on "New" at the top of the menu.
2.          In the “New Document dialog box, click on "More Templates" at the very bottom of the left task pane. In the middle task pane, click "Note Cards." The middle task pane changes to show a series of thumbnails for note card templates.
3.          Download the note card of your choice by double-clicking on the card thumbnail.
4.          Once you have downloaded the card of your choice it is yours – be sure to save it in a folder and name it as a “template”, so that as you make modifications you can then save it under the name of the event or person you are sending it to – but will have the blank original for future use
5.          You can make any modifications to the note card by clicking and typing text. You can also modify or delete graphics on the card by selecting the graphic to bring up the "Format" tab.
6.          Add clip art to your card by clicking on the "Insert" tab and then clicking "Clip Art" in the "Illustrations" group.
7.          When the task pane appears to the right of the screen, type an item to search for in the "Search For" field and click "Go." Add the graphic to your note card by double-clicking on the graphic.
8.          Click the "Microsoft Office Button" when you are done with your modifications. Click "Save" and give your note card document a name.
9.          Click the "Microsoft Office Button" and then "Print" to print out your note card.
 To print on both sides of a single sheet of paper check the "Manual Duplex" checkbox.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Facebook Glossary & Helpful Tips


Whether you are new to Facebook, or have been using it for awhile, there are times when we all run across a term for a setting or feature that we don't understand...  Facebook has a wonderful glossary that gives us easy to understand explanations...it is their Facebook Glossary   Check it out – you will see a list of terms – simply left click on them and you will see a full description as to what they mean and how they work…



Another favorite website within Facebook, is their “Facebook Tips” section – with help in every conceivable aspect of using Facebook for your personal use, as well as for work and organizations you might belong to…

www.facebook.com/facebooktips

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Enjoy your 4th of July Holiday

Here are a few great links/websites to help you find more information about what’s happening around the area for 4th of July fireworks and celebrations.  

On behalf of Bob Donovan, Jean McCarty, Jack Bowes, Kevin Bachelder and myself we want to wish you and yours a wonderful, safe and enjoyable holiday…  Although we usually have blog postings every few days, note that our next blog posting will be in one week on July 8th..  So hopefully you will get outside, try something new and enjoy this wonderful weather…

Remember – to keep your email open and “open a new tab” for one of the following websites, put your mouse over the web address below, hold the CTRL key down and left click on the web address…  this always leave the current web page you are viewing “open” and opens a “new tab” for the web address you are left clicking on…

This website is an alphabetical list of towns & cities and when the dates and times their fireworks will be held:


This website is a listing by date, of when towns & cities will be hosting their fireworks:



This website is the office Boston 4th of July celebration website:


Some other wonderful websites to visit about what’s happening all over New Engalnd – not only this 4th of July holiday but throughout the summer and fall..





And the official website for the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration Celebration in Boston July 30th - -July 5th, 2012

http://www.opsailboston.com/