When you want to bind together sheets of paper, you need a stapler to help you. It can drive a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding over the ends to secure the paper and avoid injury from the staple’s sharp points. It is commonly found in an office or other place that processes large amounts of paper.

Commonly, we use a manual stapler that operate on “you” power. It is the simplest stapler,.they store and fire a staple off as you press the trigger, using the energy of a spring. Portable and relatively safe. This type of stapler is different from an office-type stapler in that it does not fold the wire ends of the staple inward, but shoots the sharp ends into the target material.

The staple gun is a powerful tool that is quite overlooked until you need one, for nothing puts things together with such ease. The other two types of staple gun are operated by electricity or batteries, or they function with the aid of compressed air. Their advantage is the ability to work on heavy-duty applications for a long time with moderately little physical exhaustion.

Some interesting about stapler:

The first stapler in recorded history was the stapling machine or fastener of King Louis XV of France in the 1700s. Each staple had to be handmade and was inscribed with the insignia of the royal court. Modern paper fastening devices started with the patent of the first paper fastener on September 30, 1841 by Sam Slocum. This crude device stuck pins on paper to fasten them.

A well-known stapler is the Red Swingline Stapler from the movie Office Space. It is the prized possession of office worker Milton Waddams, who is pushed towards insanity partially due to his stapler being frequently borrowed by boss Bill Lumbergh. Though Swingline did not actually manufacture a red stapler at the time, the movie’s subsequent popularity created a demand for them. Swingline began offering red staplers in 2004.

Sticky notes, also called memo pad, is used for leaving message to some one or a little reminding to ourselves. piece of stationery with a re-adherable strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents and to other surfaces: walls, desks, foreheads, computer displays, and so forth..

It is very useful to our work and lives. For example, you receive someone’s call, but he/she is absent, you can record some info in the sticky note, for he/she. When he/she come back, he/she can easily know what happened and who looked for he/she. Certainly, you can tell he/she in words, but there is a saying in China: The palest ink is better than the best memory..

You can also design a personalized memo pad by yourself. A great gift for mom, dad, or teacher this Personalized memo pad craft is too cool for just school!

Determine how big of a memo pad you wish to create, and cut your color or design choice printer, construction or scrapbooking paper to those dimensions with a paper cutter, scissors or paper edgers.

If using hand drawn designs, import the graphics using a scanner, camera, or other means. Size the graphics to fit the paper. For example, you could put 2 to 6 graphics on a piece of paper, depending on the finished size you desire. Print out multiple copies of the designs. (We generally print out a total of 100 cut sheets.) Be sure to let each page dry before handling. Use a ruler to determine the size of the pad.Cut a piece of cardboard the size of the pad to use as the base of the pad. Use a paper cutter, or scissors, to cut the memo sheets to size. Stack all the memo sheets facing the same direction. Hold the tablet at the top, tapping on the table to get all the sheets to align correctly. Choose one of the two options for binding your memo pads:

Eraser is used by students and some of the people such as the drawers. Do you know when the eraser was made, and how did it developed? In 1770s, Joseph Priestley, the scientist of England, found a kind of material that can rub out the mark of the pencil. At that time, all over the Europe used the cube of runner to rub out the mark.

In 1867, a hollow eraser, into which a pencil could be inserted, was invented by J. B. Blair of Philadelphia. Earlier versions are also known to have existed. In 1872, the Eagle company made pencils with erasers inserted directly into the wooden case of the pencil.

The availability of pencils with attached erasers in schoolrooms was at first controversial. It was believed that the ability to correct errors easily would make students careless. Despite this concern, pencils with erasers were extremely popular. About 90% of modern American pencils are made with attached erasers. Pencils without erasers are somewhat more common in Europe.

With the development of technology, the eraser has become various and beautiful. Those erasers with some cute shape and style. Like the fruit shaped eraser, candy shaped eraser, animal shaped eraser and so on. Some of them have sweet smell. At the same time, the erasers are divided into different class. One of the kind are used by the artist.

Pencils as a tool for writing is used widely all over the world. But how did the pencils developed from years before? Today, the pencils manufactured more and more beautiful and usable. Now, follow me to learn some about the culture and some amazing pencils.

In ancient Rome, scribes wrote on papyrus (an early form of paper) with a thin metal rod called a stylus, which left a light but readable mark. Other early styluses were made of lead. Today we still call the core of a pencil the “lead” even though it is made from nontoxic graphite. The first mass-produced pencils were made in Nuremberg, Germany in 1662. There an active pencil industry developed with famous companies like Faber-Castell established in 1761, Lyra, Steadtler and others growing throughout the 19th century industial revolution.

The first mass-produced pencils were unpainted, to show off their high-quality wood casings. However, by the 1890s, many manufacturers were painting their pencils and giving them brand names.

By the early 1900s, pencil manufacturers needed additional sources of wood, Forests managed on a sustained-yield basis are abundant and healthy, and will continue to provide wood for people and habitat for animals for generations to come. The wood used to encase the graphite must be soft enough for sharpening, yet stable enough that it will not bend. Red cedar is the most popular timber chosen for this purpose. The timber is first milled into slats about seven inches long, by two inches thick. Next, six half round grooves are machined along one side to accept the graphite leads. Then two such grooves are glued together with the lead in between them. After the glue has cured, the pencil is cut to shape by a special machine.

The pencil has developed for hundreds of years, Now the pencil come with different kind of appearance, and become more fashion. Some of them with the cute ornaments on the top. Another advancement is the propelling pencil which is developed from the wood pencil.

Tape is frequently-used used in our work and life. When you want to stick a piece of paper or seal an envelop or a box, you have to use adhesive tape. We usually cut the tape by the scissors after sticking. In fact, There is a kind of tools for doing this. It is called tape dispenser.

A tape dispenser is an object that holds a roll of tape and has a mechanism on one end to easily shear the tape. Abundant and most common, clear tape dispensers (like those used in an office or at home) are commonly made of plastic, and may be disposable.

Table top or desk dispensers are frequently used to hold the tape and allow the operator to pull off the desired amount, tear the tape off, and take the tape to the job.

The cassette tape dispenser is the perfect office accessory for the professional that doesn’t take work as seriously as most other do. The dispenser is shaped like an old cassette tape but is used as a scotch tape dispenser.

Don’t you think that the tape dispenser that sits on your office desk simply just takes up too much space? Even though it stores and dispenses your roll of tape, it’d be much better that it could have additional funtionalities to be worth on your desk. Earth Trek, the Hong Kong company has added additional funtionality on a tape dispenser. Its new tape dispenser is not only an ordinary one, it’s a combination of a USB hub and a tape dispenser. Replace your ordinary tape dispenser on your office desk with the Earth Trek’s USB Tape Dispenser.

Scanners have become an important part of the home office over the last few years. A scanner is a peripheral device which enables to digitalise documents. It is the perfect instrument to transform your souvenirs and written papers into digital documents that time won’t wait for. The common scanner we usually see is the handle scanner which is used in the shop or super market.

Flatbed scanners, also called desktop scanners, are the most versatile and commonly used scanners.

Drum scanners are used by the publishing industry to capture incredibly detailed images. They use a technology called a photomultiplier tube (PMT). In PMT, the document to be scanned is mounted on a glass cylinder. At the center of the cylinder is a sensor that splits light bounced from the document into three beams. Each beam is sent through a color filter into a photomultiplier tube where the light is changed into an electrical signal.

Sheet-fed scanners are similar to flatbed scanners except the document is moved and the scan head is immobile. A sheet-fed scanner looks a lot like a small portable printer.
Handheld scanners use the same basic technology as a flatbed scanner, but rely on the user to move them instead of a motorized belt. This type of scanner typically does not provide good image quality. However, it can be useful for quickly capturing text.

What scanner to chose?

Beginner:If your scanner is intended for a simple filing of text or graphic documents, be it in colour or black & white, then any flat scanner with an optical resolution of 600 dpi (dots per inch) or less will suffice.

Intermediate:Are you looking for a polyvalent scanner, capable as well of filing many documents continuously to digitalise photographs to great detail? Flat scanners are made for you. There exist many different models, often very different in terms of design and ergonomics.

Advanced o you need to capture the smallest details of your documents, to digitalise negatives or large documents, the whole in great quality? Whatever your needs, many top of the range scanners will fulfil your needs!

Nowadays, the digital camera has almost replaced the film-based camera. Because it is more convenient to use and take anywhere.But  it need to printed out sometimes. So a photo printer is needed and useful to you.Once you have e-mailed them around, shared them online, or put them in a slide show, you print them.

What is a photo printer?A photo printer is usually an inkjet printer, although it can be a thermal dye printer, which has the ability to print high-quality digital photos and other vibrant color projects.

Photo printers can be divide into three kinds. The first is ink jet photo printers, which we’ll refer to as photo printers or photo ink jets. These offer at least one photo feature but can also function as all-purpose printers.The second category is dedicated photo printers. These are typically limited to printing on special-purpose—usually glossy—paper. The third category is professional photo printers; serious amateurs may be interested in the less expensive choices in this group. These printers may also be dedicated photo printers, but their key characteristic is that they offer at least tabloid-size output (11 by 17 inches).

How to choose a good photo printer?The resolution of printers are measured in dpi. Most photo printers have a maximum color resolution of 2400 x 1200 dpi and the best photo printers have 4800 x 1200 dpi. Inkjet printers typically use three colors for color printing. A photo printer will use six. You may want to choose a photo printer with individual ink tanks.Another cool add-on is memory card slots directly on the printer. This allows you to plug a memory card directly into the photo printer.

You’ll find the best photo printer from HP, Epson or Canon. There are several other brands out there but these three definitely stand out.

Safeguarding private or sensitive information must be in good keep in our daily works.If the infomation is dated and not needed any more, you should delete it. If it is printed on the paper, you need to shred the paper.

Paper shredders are used to cut paper into chad, typically either strips or fine particles.  Privacy experts often recommend that individuals shred bills, tax documents, credit card and bank account statements, and other items which could be used by thieves to commit fraud or identity theft.

Most office shredders still use the old technique of cutting papers into long ribbons or diagonal strips. Identity thieves have wised up to this practice and have figured out ways around it: when papers are destroyed in an even pattern, they can now be reconstructed by those with sinister intentions using specialized software.

By far the safest option in document destruction for businesses is to hire a professional paper shredding company. Such companies generally leave locked impregnable containers at the place of business with slots at the top where documents are inserted. The documents remain safely out of reach until the regularly scheduled arrival time of the company’s shredding truck.

There are numerous considerations to be though of when deciding on a office paper shredder.  First what type of document will I be shredding?  Documents to be considered top secret, and/or sensitive need to be disposed of in a thorough manner by using a crosscut shredder.  If your office shredder is going to be used for petty information it is suggested to stay with the standard form of shredding, the strip cut.

 Mid volume shredders can handle more shredding than the standard home, or low volume shredder, but if there is a large volume of paper that needs to be disposed of it is recommended that a high volume shredder be a consideration.

It used to be that when individuals or small businesses needed equipment to operate their establishments, they had to spend large amounts of money on numerous machines. Printers, copiers, fax machines and scanners do not come cheaply and having multiple pieces of equipment in small spaces impedes functionality.Now, you only need to buy one machine that contain so many functions in one.

All in one multifunction copier fax scanner printer is the ideal solution for small and home office. Having a multifunction machine that prints, faxes, scans, and copies is not only a great way to save money, it doesn’t make sense to have so many different machine each performing individual tasks when you only need it once in a blue moon.
Printer Scanner Copier Resolution
It is obvious that the higher the dpi the better the image quality, most machine comes with a resolution of 600 x 600dpi. This resolution is adequate for a black and white printing and scanning. However, if you are dealing with colour documents, 600dpi x 600dpi is simply not enough, the image will be grainy when scanned in digital format or printed out in colour. The ideal resolution for colour documents is 1200dpi x 600dpi.
Printer Scanner Copier Fax Speed
Speed is not much of a factor unless you are rushing for submission or deadline. If possible, get a fast multifunction printer. You will notice the difference between 11 ppm and 30ppm when you are copying and printing large quantity of documents (50 sheets). Apart from that, speed is not much of an important factor in a multifunction printer.