All good things must come to an end and such is the case for Google Cloud Print — Google’s cloud-based printing solution. Google to end Google Cloud Print support.
November of last year, Google announced their intent to discontinue support…
The new year fanfare and greetings are now memories nearly a month old and doubtless you are busily working to make those many New Year’s greetings for success and happiness into reality. Hopefully, one of your organization’s goals for 2020…
From time to time, your Ricoh copier system will request for you to change your consumables and this includes you toner and waste toner bottles.
Here is how to change the waste toner bottle on a Ricoh 03 and newer 04 series copier.
They say hindsight is 20/20. If you are not familiar with the saying, it generally means it’s easier to comprehend something once it has already happened. the saying is typically said in response to a criticism that the person should have…
Remember back when the International Astronomical Union downgraded Pluto from being a planet to a “dwarf planet?” As much as that shook up the scientific…
RK Black Shredding this week handed Susan G. Komen Oklahoma a check for $2,610, the latest donation given as part of an alliance between the two organizations in the fight against breast cancer. A little more than three years ago, RK Black…
If you are shopping for a new multifunction printer, you may have come across some devices labeled as A4 and others as A3. If you are new to the game, maybe these alphanumeric designations have you wondering, “What’s that?”…
Pirates these days don’t use words like “ahoy,” avast” and “matey.” They may not clunk around the decks of wooden tall ships on peg legs, wear eye patches, recite the pirate code or host colorful, talking, feathered creatures on their shoulders…
It’s time to talk about your printing environment. Whether you are a grade school or a university, you know the challenges of maintaining your printers, keeping them supplied, preventing waste and doing all of this within a budget.
It means…
All businesses great or small handling any paper bearing sensitive information should invest in a shredding service. It’s just like how those same businesses should invest in locks for their doors. Just like how locks protect your business space, equipment…
The term gets used constantly, but rarely defined clearly. Professional services show up in contracts, proposals, and vendor conversations — often without much explanation of what actually falls under that label or why it’s priced differently from other work. For businesses evaluating technology partners, understanding the distinction matters more than
Every business sends mail. Invoices, statements, compliance documents, marketing pieces — the volume adds up faster than most teams expect. For organizations still processing outgoing mail by hand, that volume also adds up in labor hours, postage mistakes, and delays that could have been avoided entirely. An automated mailing system
The copier salesman promises savings. The IT director warns about hidden costs. Your CFO wants data, not opinions. Managed print services generate this confusion because the value proposition isn’t immediately obvious. Unlike software subscriptions or equipment purchases, MPS transforms an entire business function most organizations have never properly measured. You
The question comes up during nearly every initial consultation: “How complicated is this going to be?” Business leaders considering a document management system want to know what they’re getting into before committing resources. The honest answer? It depends on factors most organizations don’t consider until they’re already knee-deep in implementation.
Your business runs on data. Customer records, financial information, proprietary research, employee files—all stored on hard drives throughout your organization. But what happens when those drives reach the end of their useful life? Deleting files doesn’t actually erase them. Reformatting creates an illusion of security while leaving data vulnerable to
When technology fails, business stops. That’s especially true when your confidential documents end up in the wrong hands. The hybrid workplace has rewritten the rules of document security, scattering your sensitive information across home offices, corporate locations, cloud platforms, and mobile devices. Each access point represents another potential vulnerability waiting
Network infrastructure operates as the circulatory system of modern business operations. Every transaction, communication, and data transfer depends on networks functioning reliably and securely. Yet many organizations approach network monitoring and management reactively, addressing issues only after they disrupt operations. Understanding what are the key considerations for network monitoring and
Your business needs IT expertise, but the path forward isn’t always clear. Two dominant models compete for your attention and budget: staff augmentation and managed services. Each promises to solve your technology challenges, yet they operate from fundamentally different philosophies. The decision between staff augmentation vs managed services shapes more
The infrastructure decision facing your business today will shape operations for years to come. On premises vs. cloud—this choice determines everything from your monthly IT budget to how quickly you can respond to market opportunities. Yet many organizations rush into cloud migration without fully understanding what they’re gaining and what
