Office Machines & Supplies

NEC projectors are used by businesses and schools to display media from external devices onto a screen. The projectors are compatible with several devices, including computers, DVD players and...

BenQ projectors are overhead projectors that display media from several types of electronic devices, such as DVD players, VCRs and computers. The projectors are assembled before they are packaged...

SVGA and XGA are merely acronyms for different resolutions of monitors, projectors and other display devices. XGA is a higher resolution than SVGA.

Whether you want to create a shirt you just cannot find in stores, or if you want to spread your businesses name and message, printing your own T-shirts is an easy process anyone can do at home....

Since 1949, when the Haloid Company first marketed its Xerox machine, the device has been an important and popular piece of office equipment. Although there have been many advances in how the...

A fax machine is one of the most invaluable methods of transmitting information that was ever invented. It has allowed transactions ranging from sending letters and photos between loved ones to...

Libraries have used microfiche for years as a way to create available physical space. Instead of keeping original copies of newspapers and magazines, they keep small films that contain images of...

With the digital age came an evolution of office machines, including copiers. Since the first copier was developed in 1959--the Xerox 914, based on Chester Carlson's xerographic process which he...

A toner drum is a part of a xerographic copier. It is the part to which the toner adheres to before the image is transferred to the paper. It has a long life but will occasionally have to be...

An opaque projector is the predecessor to the modern overhead. Its purpose is to project a normally solid and non-transparent (opaque) image onto a screen. It can only project an image in gray...

When a laser printer receives a document or graphic from a computer, the laser printer's Raster Image Processor (RIP) generates a bitmap, which is a line-by-line image of the document.

A projector projects light through a filter (the image), and then focuses that light onto a screen, creating a reproduction of the picture on a screen. A digital projector, such as an LCD...

When a copy is made, there must first be an original work to copy. Depending on the copier used, the original work may be virtually any size or shape, and may be only black and white or contain...

To send a document or image over a telephone line, fax machines must first transform the original copy into a digital image. To accomplish this feat, the fax machine scans the original document,...

The word fax is a short form of the word facsimile. A facsimile means a copy of an item, and a fax is a copy that has been digitally reproduced from the original item. A fax is produced by a fax...

The laser copier is an improvement on the original photocopier introduced by the Xerox Corporation in the 1960s. The key to both machines is the use of photoconductive material, like selenium, to...

A body known as the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee is responsible for choosing what stamps get made. The committee takes recommendations from all over the country for new stamp ideas and meets...

Vinyl transfer paper is a specialty computer paper that can be used to decorate T-shirts and other fabric. Artwork created on a computer is printed on the vinyl transfer paper, using an inkjet or...

I enjoy drawing all types of things. I decided to take my drawing to a new level. I wanted to see my artwork on a T-shirt. I did the research and I have accomplished my goal. I will share with you...

The first step in the engraving process is the creation of the image that is to be engraved. Most engraving machines today are high-tech instruments using laser technology. An image can be...

You have a big presentation at work, complete with several transparencies that illustrate your point. But you're a little wary of using an overhead projector. Rather than transfer your entire...

You can make your own inkjet iron-on transfer image to display your personal style. Although many stores sell T-shirts or cloth bags with images on them, you'll usually have to spend a pretty...

The photocopier's copy surface is a clear pane of glass on which the original work is placed. In order to locate the original work in the appropriate place, some users simply lift the copier's lid...

Presentations such as in business sales projections, graphs, slideshows and lectures are all possible with the use of transparency films. This medium is also useful in screen printing projects as...

After its introduction in the 1960s by Xerox, the photocopier machine became an extremely popular piece of equipment, virtually indispensable to many business and government offices. Replacing...

Optic lenses are substances that allow light to pass through them while manipulating its density or its trajectory. They are typically made from glass or plastic, but can be constructed from any...

In a world of PowerPoint presentations and the latest digital downloads, the overhead projector may seem obsolete. The fact of its continuous use in schools and colleges across the nation shows...

Presentations used to be flat, unmoving images on a sheet of transparency paper. The document camera offers a major upgrade to presentations. The cameras enable court room attorneys, educators, or...

The overhead projector has been a useful presentation tool since the 1930s. While it has lost some of its effectiveness due to the invention of multimedia and document projectors, it still has a...