How long does a electronic typewriter ribbon lasts ?
Everything is in the title. I would like to buy and electronic typewriter (the likes with a error-correcting screen), so which are not using properly "ribbons" as the former mechanical and electrical typewriters, but "cartridge" ribbons. Of course, my question is not in time length, rather in number of pages, words or characters. I have noticed that the spare ribbons sold on eBay (to quote only them) are an average of 125 meters… So, I also would like to know if it's possible to re-ink them, or re-use them (I saw there is different models, some are "carbon ribbons" the others "nylon ribbons"). Thanks for your replies !
How to buy books on kindle app?
it seems that you actually have to go to the amazon site to buy the books. there's a video at the first link. the books they're showing you are obviously a 'teaser'. (: "Kindle tip: How to buy Kindle books on an iPhone or iPad (video) Wondering where Amazon hid the Kindle store on its Kindle app for the iPhone and iPad? Nope, you’re not missing anything—it simply isn’t there. Thanks to Apple’s strict rules regarding so-called “in-app” purchase on the iPhone (I won’t bore you with the details, but you can read all about it here), Amazon long ago removed a handy button on its Kindle app that used to lead iPhone users straight to the online Kindle store..." ---------- "How to Buy Books for the iPhone Buy books through the Kindle application. Amazon, who manufactures the popular Kindle e-book reader, also makes a Kindle application for iPhone. This application is available for free in the iPhone's app store. After downloading the application, you can browse Amazon's website from your phone and purchase e-books through their site. These e-books will be wirelessly delivered to your iPhone..." since you can get books on your phone, i suppose you could return that kindle, if you like.
Where can I buy a versajette m300 printer or ink by 1/24/2009?
I went to Yahoo Search with this phrase versajette m300 printer and found this link a little ways down the page : http://www.fixya.com/support/t251173-ver... and in that link I found this : [begin quote] I just found out that the Lexmark Z1300 uses the same ink cartridge as the Versajette M300. It might be worth while seeing if switching to that ink cartridge makes a difference in how the silly thing prints! Lexmark did make the printer, by the way.... I discovered that on several different sites including Lexmarks. [end quote] The Lexmark ink will not contain the "magnetic particles" that make the Versajette ink MICR-compatible, but as long as the employees deposit the checks in a banking institution/credit union, there should be no problem as they now use photographic technology to get the banking codes. . Over ten years ago my sister-in-law was printing her personal checks with an ordinary ink-jet printer, she told me her credit union told her it would be no problem. I tried using an ordinary HP laserjet a year later but it just would not print the characters the right size and my bank had to add a strip to the bottom of the checks to be able to read the MICR code, so I stopped. But that was in the year 2000. ========== added information : I used Yahoo Search with this phrase : Lexmark Z1300 and found the Lexmark's site page : http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/product/h... give this information : Cartridge Compatibility: Black: 28(3), 28A, 34 High Yield ● Color: 29(3), 29A, 35 High Yield ● Photo: 31 But when I clicked the tab "Accessories" the listing made more sense. #28 and #28A and #34 are black ink #29 and #29A and #35 are color ink #34 and #35 are "high yield" cartridges and cost a little more. You should be able to find these cartridges at many office supply stores or maybe Wal-Mart or Target or ... Take an empty Versajette cartridge with you to compare before you buy. I think stores like Office Depot or Office Max might be more helpful than Wal-Mart or Target in this regard. .
Is the new kindle paperwhite worth buying?
I think so. I went to this site where they did a comparison with the older models, and the Paperwhite screen really looks better. Most importantly, it's easier to read at night with the lights off. The built in light is equally dispersed throughout the screen and can be turned off and set to your preference. I already preordered the ad-free version from Amazon. Can't wait :)
Why are e-ink panels so expensive?
The better question to ask might be why LCD panels are so cheap.LCD display technology has been under continuous development ever since the digital watches and pocket calculators of the 1970s and 80s. These led to the Nintendo GameBoy, Apple Newton, Palm Pilot, Visor, Sony Clié, iPhone, LCD/LED televisions, et cetera, et cetera. The technology has been constantly refined and improved as it has made its way into gadgets and devices all across our technological society.(It also helps that, about 9 years ago, a number of LCD panel manufacturers were busted for price-fixing, conspiring to keep the prices of LCDs artificially high. Prices have fallen greatly since then.)E-ink, on the other hand, doesn’t have such wide usage potential. Its lack of color and refresh rate means it’s only been useful for displaying static images, such as pages of books. Hence, it’s only been extensively used in Kindles and similar e-readers, which came out only a couple of years before the iPad launched the tablet revolution and led to even more interest in developing low-cost, high-quality small LCD panels. E-ink reader sales peaked in about 2012, and have been going downhill ever since. (E-ink panels also saw use in changeable signage and labels for shelving, but those were never as broadly used and adopted as Kindles.)E-ink has never been produced in such immense quantities as LCD panels, so there hasn’t been as much of an economy of scale effect to get the prices down. And given that LCD devices are gobbling up the niches for which e-ink readers used to be most attractive (people who might once have carried a Kindle are switching over to Fire tablets that can do a lot more things for them), it doesn’t seem likely they will ever get that economy of scale.New advances in e-ink tech come out every year, but with e-ink reader sales on the decline it’s simply not worth adopting them—the R&D budgets necessary to get them ready for prime-time would add immense amounts to the cost of the e-readers, which are already in a sales decline as it is thanks to the availability of cheap tablets like the $50 Fire. The only way we’re likely to see any new form of e-ink-like display is if it can boast a sufficient refresh rate to be able to compete directly with LCD.Even then, it would have to be enough of an improvement over LCD to merit the extra startup costs that a lack of LCD’s economy of scale would impose. Don’t hold your breath.