The last time I bought a fax machine was about 6 or 7 years ago. The old girl served me well, but let's face it... compared to today's standards, she was a dinosaur. In fact I was so complacent with the outdated technology that I had no idea that there was such a thing as ink-jet fax machines!
I felt like Wilma Flinstone at Staples today as I "ooohed and ahhhed" over the all shiny silver buttons and full color LED screens. I think I annoyed the sales person just a bit, or maybe it was the fact that I had all 4 of my kids with me in the store? In all honesty he should have been thanking them, they were the ones that broke my fax machine in the first place :)P
I work from home, except when I'm meeting with clients or showing homes, so I'm surprised at myself for taking so long to catch on to the technology that may very well streamline the way I do business.
This new all-in-one machine faxes, copies, scans and prints. On my old HP printer I had to individually scan each sheet and save them as PDF's which if you were talking about a credit report or an 11 pages sales contract with disclosures... I could be at it for a while. And faxes?! Ugh, they looked like someone ran a crayon over an embossed surface. They hardly survived even one transfer.
This new MFC-5890cn "Color Multi-Function Center" from Brother has a 50 page automatic document feeder, high yield ink cartridges (a money saver!) and the ability to print up to 11"x17" signs...
Okay, maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself. It is still sitting in the box in the office and all. I have a rule, if the instructions are longer than one page... I make my husband Tony do it. I am however extremely excited at the prospect of saving time, and having the ability to scan and fax without all the drama, stuck pages, missing documents and trouble that my old ways had caused!
I'll let you know how I love it later next week.
How about you? What technology can you not afford to live without? What piece of office equipment makes your life easier?
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