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When purchasing a new printer, often the focus is on the specs and features of a given model, but there are other considerations that can be overlooked. Often these aspects of owning and using a printer or multi-function device can be nearly as important as the actual device itself. Some key consideration are: Where will the printer be located in your home or office? If multiple users will be writing to it, should be located in a communal place so that any one individual isn’t being…

One of the things I’ve always liked most about working with Macs is how easy printing is – or, was. For most of the last decade, printing was as easy as plugging your machine in with USB and hitting the right button. Sure, you might have to download a “driver” (special printer software) from some weird website once in a while, or go on a wild goose chase for software for a more venerable printer, but overall things weren’t too bad at all — especially compared to PCs. Unfortunately the advent…

Gather round, my friends. Fall has come, and with it, the month of ghostly spectres and terrifying tales. Hold your iPhone tight and read on if you dare. The Priceless Paperweight It was a blustery October afternoon. Outside, the wind blew crooked branches towards Fred's office window with a creaking, cracking noise. Reeek. Reeek. Shaking off an eerie feeling, Fred picked up his iPhone. Sensing his movement, the phone awoke. Lo and behold, a new version of iOS was available for his iPhone…

Introduction Last month we had a look at Scanner Pro—a thoroughbred among apps that turns your iPhone or iPad into a scanner for capturing documents. The Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 is a prosumer scanner with an automatic feeder that can take up to 50 sheets in one go. With companion software that matches its excellent build quality, the solution is perfect for home use as a catch-all for all your paper. I’ve fed it business cards, statements, legal documents, receipts; I’ve even cut the spine off…

Got Files? Now that you’re going paperless, Apple’s iOS 11 has you covered with the new Files app. In a way, it’s like iOS now has a “Finder” of sorts. If you’ve been used to using the iCloud Drive app on your iPhone or iPad, Files is the replacement for that app. One of the best things about the Files app is that you can use it to access pretty much any kind of file you like. This means that you can access your scans, documents or presentations you’re working on, music, audio, pictures,…

All images are made up of pixels. Each pixel captures a colour, and together the pixels come together to make up an image. By the numbers, 8MP on the iPhone 5S (MegaPixels—“mega” means “millions”) is equivalent to an image 3264 pixels wide by 2448 pixels high. It makes the iPhone the most practical document scanner we've ever had access to—more than enough detail to capture a document clearly, and the phones only get better from there. Our journey toward a paperless life would be challenging…

With schools starting up again, the Summer freedom of the nomadic worker, if they are also a parent, tends to take on a bit more structure. I myself experience this so it occurred to me that it might be helpful to highlight remote work locations near schools. The benefit of such locations is that one can pop in right after drop-off in the morning or right before pick-up in the afternoon and get a bit of work done. Often you’ll be able to get a coffee for yourself or a snack for that hungry…

On the surface—for the average consumer—printing an email, an e-ticket for a flight, or getting your favourite photos into a frame on the wall is about the only time we use paper in relation to computers. Some of us venture into photo books or community newsletters, but aside from the occasional need to print sign some legal documents, we don’t do that much printing. The reality, however, is quite different. For some reason we all end up with tomes of paper records; stacks of statements,…