I was certain I’d written before about the best glue for paper models, but I guess I haven’t–at least not here. So if you want to build a paper model that lasts, use a pH-neutral PVA bookbinder’s glue. My wife, who has a master’s degree in art education, specifically recommended Books by Hand PVA Adhesive. Although it looks [...]
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The best glue for paper models
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 1, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/the-best-glue-for-paper-models/
3D printing hits $500
The Solidoodle is the first fully assembled 3D printer to hit the magic $500 price point. Nobody has reviewed one yet, and the device makes some significant compromises in order to get to that price point. Given that, I won’t be among the first to buy one. I’ll reserve that decision for a time when [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 16, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/3d-printing-hits-500/
Expect your HP printer to get 0wnz0r3d shortly
Courtesy of Dan Bowman: You may have seen the brief writeup on Slashdot about how to set printers on fire by messing with the fuser, but in Germany next month there’s going to be a security engineer’s nightmare unleashed, courtesy of the HP printer that’s probably sitting a few feet outside your cubicle and mine. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 30, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/11/expect-your-hp-printer-to-get-0wnz0r3d-shortly/
Buy online, manufacture at home
The way we buy things (or don’t buy them) has changed a lot in the last decade or so. We stopped buying CDs. Now that our Internet connections are fast enough, we’ve really slowed down on buying movies, too. And the emergence of practical e-readers means a lot fewer people are buying books now too. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 6, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/04/buy-online-manufacture-at-home/
Laser vs. inkjet for color printing: The hidden factor
Ars Technica did a quick and dirty study on whether inkjets or lasers are more cost effective for color printing and came down in favor of the inkjet. The math works, but it misses something non-trivial. Ink cartridges dry out. Toner cartridges don’t.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 22, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/02/laser-vs-inkjet-for-color-printing-the-hidden-factor/
How I fixed an infuriating printer problem
Windows 0.7 Windows 7 and my HP Laserjet 4100 weren’t getting along. And I was pretty livid about it. I paid $125 for my Windows 7 upgrade, and for that money, I got to mess around for 4 days trying to get better-than-1997 functionality out of what’s supposed to be the latest and greatest. I [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 9, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/02/how-i-fixed-an-infuriating-printer-problem/
Buy a used business printer and save a bundle
I’m through with cheap consumer printers.
Due to the nature of my wife’s work, we print a lot by home standards. We buy paper by the case, not the ream, and a case of paper probably lasts us a little more than six months.
Our workload just isn’t practical for the kind of printers you find next to the telephones at consumer electronics stores. So I bought an HP Laserjet 4100. And even if a case of paper lasts you a couple of years, you might want to buy an office-grade printer too.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on July 29, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/07/buy-a-used-business-printer-and-save-a-bundle/
How to buy a laser printer
I had to buy a laser printer in a hurry over the weekend. I bought a Samsung ML-2525, which I believe to be a reasonable choice, but not necessarily the best choice I could have made. It’s tiny, whisper quiet, and very fast, and it was on sale for 70 bucks, though sometimes you can get one for as little as $59. At that price, it’s hard for buying it to be a terrible decision.
Please note that this advice is for home and light small-business use. For business use, scroll to the end.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 16, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/03/how-to-buy-a-laser-printer/
Saying goodbye
Today we hauled my trusty Lexmark 4039 off to recycling. Unfortunately its paper handling was shot, and parts and documentation for that model are nearly impossible to find. I found the alleged service manual, but couldn’t make sense enough of the documentation to fix it.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 9, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/08/saying-goodbye/
Fixing a phantom paper jam in a Samsung CLP-300
So my Samsung CLP-300 laser printer developed a fake paper jam. I tried to print yesterday and got nothing but a paper jam message after the click that usually precedes the paper feeding through. I looked inside all the covers, even flipping the printer over multiple times, looking for that stray bit of paper munging up the works.
I found nothing. But I needed to print some resumes. So I fixed it.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 5, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/01/fixing-a-phantom-paper-jam-in-a-samsung-clp-300/