Is it okay to buy a refurbished computer?
Question by ajinyard: Is it okay to buy a refurbished computer?
I am not sure if i should but a refurbished computer or a new one
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Answer by Pearls Before Swine
Well if you can save money compared to a new one, it’s a good choice. They are just about as good as a new one, but cost less. I’ve bought several refurbished computers and other electronics and never had problems.
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How do I send a fax with my computer?
Question by summer_00_butterfly: How do I send a fax with my computer?
Can I fax something using my computer and Printer/Scanner/Copier? I imagine that I can, but how?
Okay, so I have a brand new Sony VAIO laptop with Windows XP home edition and my printer/scanner/copier came with Arcsoft plus I have Microsoft Works of course, would any of these programs do this? Otherwise, what might the program be called on my computer?
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Answer by Brian S
There are 2 ways to do this:
1. If you have a modem in your computer it probably came with fax software. Use that.
2. If you don’t, or don’t want to follow #1, you would have to use a service to send the fax for you. You can search “fax service” to find them, but eFax.com is probably the oldest and biggest.
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How do you connect a fax machine to a computer ?
Question by karinakat: How do you connect a fax machine to a computer ?
I have a panasonic fax machine that’s about 1 yr old. My printer is broken and I cant print the document. I want to send a document from my computer to my fax machine so that I can fax to someone. How do I do that. I think there is a way to connect them together and send the document to my fax/copier machine. Thanks.
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Answer by Bryan A
There may be a simpler way. If your computer has a modem, and you are running Windows XP (and possibly 2000), you can send a fax straight from the PC. Go to Printers and Faxes and set up faxing. It will ask you several questions, which you need to fill out. But don’t send any faxes yet.
When you are done setting up faxing, go to your program, and go to print, and when it displays what printer you want to use, tell it to fax, then click print. It will ask you a few more questions, then it should send the fax. Make sure your phone line is plugged into the modem before you start.
If you aren’t running XP or 2000, look for faxing software on the internet. The process for setting up the fax should be about the same.
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Is it possible to connect a standalone copier to the computer so that it could be used as a scanner?
Question by tom t: Is it possible to connect a standalone copier to the computer so that it could be used as a scanner?
What connecting wires might be needed?
Shouldn’t modern copiers have the ability to scan since it can store images in its memory so it is just a matter of finding a way to access the memory.
The particular copier that i am interested in is Canon GP405.
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Answer by Peter_AZ
Technically, I’m sure it’s possible if the copier has some sort of output port. If there is no such port, (which may be likely), you’re out of luck.
If there is a port, you’d still need some sort of software on the computer to control the scanner in the copier, or at least to receive and interpret the bitstream as it comes in.
Considering that you can buy a scanner for well under $ 100 (including cables and software), I don’t think it would be cost-efficient to do it yourself.
The only other suggestion might be to search the copier’s website and see if they make such an option available.
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I have two Xerox printing machines for my business. Is there any computer software or a coin machine I can use?
Question by : I have two Xerox printing machines for my business. Is there any computer software or a coin machine I can use?
I have other services at my business and I need to know how to have customers use the copier without my help so that I can spend more time working other services. Is there any cards that i can give out to customers so that they can swipe for copies?Is there a way to add a debit card to my machines?
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Answer by Irene Z
Actually no. Neither can you trust customers to be honest. But I do know that it is tedious to do such thing, so get the cheapest manpower you can find – students/whatever, station them to handle the machine and record the sales and collect the money.
Every Xerox comes with a click charge number, so you will actually know at the end of the day whether the amount collected tallies with the copies made.
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
In the bestselling tradition of The Soul of a New Machine, Dealers of Lightning is a fascinating journey of intellectual creation. In the 1970s and ’80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses, a group of computer eccentrics dubbed PARC. This brilliant group created several monumental innovations that triggered a technological revolution, including the first personal computer, the laser printer, and the graphical interface (one of the main precursors of the Internet), only to see these breakthroughs rejected by the corporation. Yet, instead of giving up, these determined inventors turned their ideas into empires that radically altered contemporary life and changed the world.
Based on extensive interviews with the scientists, engineers, administrators, and executives who lived the story, this riveting chronicle details PARC’s humble beginnings through its triumph as a hothouse for ideas, and shows why Xerox was never able to grasp, and ultimately exploit, the cutting-edge innovations PARC delivered. Dealers of Lightning offers an unprecedented look at the ideas, the inventions, and the individuals that propelled Xerox PARC to the frontier of technohistoiy–and the corporate machinations that almost prevented it from achieving greatness.
Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, Xerox Corporation provided unlimited funding to a renegade think tank called the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Occupying a ramshackle building adjacent to Stanford University, PARC’s occupants would prove to be the greatest gathering of computer talent ever assembled: it conceptualized the very notion of the desktop computer, long before IBM launched its PC, and it laid the foundation for Microsoft Windows with a prototype graphical user interface of icons and layered screens. Even the technology that makes it possible for these words to appear on the screen can trace its roots to Xerox’s eccentric band of innovators. But despite PARC’s many industry-altering breakthroughs, Xerox failed ever to grasp the financial potential of such achievements. And while Xerox’s inability to capitalize upon some of the world’s most important technological advancements makes for an interesting enough story, Los Angeles Times correspondent Michael Hiltzik focuses instead on the inventions and the inventors themselves. We meet fiery ringleader Bob Taylor, a preacher’s son from Texas known as much for his ego as for his uncanny leadership; we trace the term “personal computer” back to Alan Kay, a visionary who dreamed of a machine small enough to tuck under the arm; and we learn how PARC’s farsighted principles led to collaborative brilliance. Hiltzik’s consummate account of this burgeoning era won’t improve Xerox’s stake in the computer industry by much, but it should at least give credit where credit is due. Recommended. –Rob McDonald
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