The FedEx guy handed me the package at 11 o’clock. Not a very big box, but whatever was in it was much smaller than the container, and was rattling around. I opened it up. iPhone, check. Belkin neoprene case, check. Packing slip, check. Plastic bag to send back the old phone, check. Impact-absorbing packing material?… [Read More]

Shortly after Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4s, I got an e-mail from Verizon. It said that, although my Droid X has eight months to go on its contract, I could buy my way out of the rest of my obligation for 20 bucks if I change my phone to the 4s. I went for… [Read More]

When I did a nozzle test, I was surprised to find that there are four sets of black nozzles, and one set each for cyan, magenta, and yellow. It looks like the printer is optimized for black-and-white (as opposed to color) speed. Given my application, that makes perfect sense. The printer does a credible job… [Read More]

The printer arrived in a very large box, but the container was much smaller than that of a high-function laser printer. It was also much lighter. Unpacking and hardware set up was pretty simple: snap a few parts together and play the usual Epson “see if you can find all the blue tape” game. I… [Read More]

For 25 years, I’ve always had a laser printer at my disposal. I got my first one, the original Hewlett-Packard LaserJet, in 1984. I was handling the technical integration between Rolm and IBM at the time, and I was writing a lot of memos. I used an IBM PC and Microsoft Word for that. Rather… [Read More]