HP and Brother announced price increases for their printer supplies and consumables. HP’s pricing for inkjet cartridges, printheads, photo value packs and laserjet supplies will go up by approximately 5% on average, with specific increases varying by item. Brother’s pricing for consumables and accessories will go up at the same time. The new prices will be effective January 1st, 2009. Get HP Supplies and Brother Supplies before and save.
Did Skype change your browser’s phone numbers
December 8, 2008It did to one of our valued customers who could not understand why, after installing Skype on his PC, he could no longer check our useful list of Manufacturers’ Telephone Numbers as he did before.
Skype’s default installation includes extensions for Microsoft Internet Explorer and for Mozilla Firefox. To disable these extensions:
1. Open your web browser
2. On the toolbar, click the icon to turn off the Skype Add-on/Extension icon as shown here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/help/guides/ie_addon/
Alternatively, you can uninstall Skype from your computer and reinstall it checking off these two extensions after clicking on the Options button before launching the installation:
- Install Skype extension for Mozilla Firefox
- Install Skype add-on for Internet Explorer
Either one of these two solutions will allow you to view your phone numbers the way you did before installing Skype, while enjoying the benefits of this great service.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 new privacy options
September 23, 2008Microsoft’s upcoming Internet Explorer will include a new set of privacy settings designed to give users more control over their information.
Users will now be able to choose whether to share their browsing and searching information and to know how it is used.
InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Blocking settings will allow users to prevent the browser from saving any search or browsing history at all and also to automatically delete such data at the end of each session.
Users will also be able to disable saving of all off-line data including cookies, passwords, and form data.
More information on these and other new features is available when you visit Microsoft.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is currently in Beta 2 release and is due out in the next few weeks.
Printing web pages from your internet browser
July 18, 2008Yes, it is online, but often we also want that information printed, to review it off-line, to store it, to save it. Here are some tips for efficiently printing your online information from your internet browser.
- Decide whether you need the images on the page to print. If you don’t, uncheck the ‘Print Background Colors and Images’ option in Tools>Internet Options>Advanced.
- Confirm your Page Setup options. Edit or remove header and footer information based on your needs and preferences.
- Select File>Print.
- To prevent uncessary pages from printing, select a range of pages. When applicable, highlight the section of the internet page that you would like to print, and check the Print Selection box.
- Use the Print Preview feature to see what your printout will look like.
- Click Preferences/Properties and select Paper Quality, Paper Size, and Print Quality.
Finally, when you run out of printer supplies, visit SuppliesUSA.com.
Help a Bear Fly
July 2, 2008Have some free time? The Holiday weekend is around the corner and you have already purchased all your printer supplies? Help a bear fly through a Sunny Day Sky over cars and buses by opening and closing his umbrella at the right time.
Firefox 3 available
June 18, 2008Mozilla released Firefox 3 yesterday, June 17th, 2008. The new version uses less resources, offers improved performance and security, and many new features. Download Firefox 3 here.
HP price increase scheduled for 9/1/2007
August 17, 2007HP announced that it will increase prices on toner cartridges and drum kits for 2 of its older color laserjet printers. The price increase will be effective 9/1/2007 and cover increased costs on these lower-volume items. The list of items is available below. Order now and avoid the price increase.
Color LaserJet 8500/8550 Supplies:
HP Drum Kit, C4153A, Was: $207.00, New: $228.00
HP Toner, C4149A, Was: $150.00, New: $165.00
HP Toner, C4150A, Was: $233.00, New: $256.00
HP Toner, C4151A, Was: $233.00, New: $256.00
HP Toner, C4152A, Was: $233.00, New: $256.00
Color LaserJet 4500 Supplies:
HP Drum Kit, C4195A, Was: $114.48, New: $126.00
HP Toner, C4191A, Was: $119.78, New: $132.00
HP Toner, C4192A, Was: $173.84, New: $191.00
HP Toner, C4193A, Was: $173.84, New: $191.00
HP Toner, C4194A, Was: $173.84, New: $191.00
Did you know? The ‘Your Account’ section
May 31, 2007After your first purchase at SuppliesUSA, the ‘Your Account‘ section is automatically activated and updated for you.
From there, you can view your account history, quickly repeat orders, purchase frequently ordered items, and even change your information.
We know you are busy. This section will allow you to complete your transactions at SuppliesUSA in a jif. If you spend more than a few minutes here, it will not be because you have to, but rather because you want to.
Either way, we appreciate your visits.
2 New Brands
May 31, 2007We just added 2 new brands to the site.
Xante offers great solutions for prepress, graphic, and printing professionals. You will now find the quality original Xante toner cartridges required to optimize output from these professional-grade printers at SuppliesUSA.
We also added compatible cartridges for Dell printers. Todate, the original cartridges can only be bought directly from Dell so we decided to look for the best quality compatible cartridges. When offering compatible supplies, SuppliesUSA only features best-of-class items, manufactured with quality to original specifications. And, we are offering them at a discount. You can now find quality compatible Dell toner and inkjet cartridges at SuppliesUSA.com.
Mergers, Acquisitions, and what’s that name on my supplies?
April 30, 2007Many of the brands offered at SuppliesUSA were affected by mergers and acquisitions. This sometimes results in cross-referencing of supplies brands between joined companies, so we listed these changes below.
Compaq:
Acquired by HP. Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.
Copystar:
A Kyocera-Mita company
DEC:
Aquired by Compaq before Compaq was acquired by HP. Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.
Exabyte:
Part of Tanberg Data
Genicom:
Part of TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.
Gestetner:
A Ricoh company
HP:
Parent company of Compaq
Imation:
Parent company of Memorex and TDK
Infocus:
Parent company of Proxima
Konica:
Now part of Konica-Minolta
Konica-Minolta:
Parent company of QMS
Kyocera:
Now part of Kyocera-Mita
Kyocera-Mita:
Parent company of Copystar
Lanier:
Now part of Ricoh
Memorex:
An Imation company
Minolta:
Now part of Konica-Minolta
Mita:
Now part of Kyocera-Mita
Printronix:
Parent company of TallyGenicom.
Proxima:
Acquired by Infocus
QMS:
Acquired by Minolta before Minolta became part of Konica-Minolta
Ricoh:
Parent company of Gestetner, Lanier, and Savin
Savin:
A Ricoh company
Tally:
Part of TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.
TallyGenicom:
Also manufactures original supplies for legacy Tally, Genicom, Compaq, DEC, and TI printers. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.
Tanberg Data:
Parent company of Exabyte
TDK:
Data Supplies division acquired by Imation
Tektronix:
Printer division (Phaser line) acquired by Xerox; supplies now listed under Xerox brand.
TI:
Original consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom. TallyGenicom now part of Printronix.
Updated 12/2009.
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