How to remove Compaq Presario 2500 Optical Drive

It is not difficult to change the optical drive (i.e. DVD or CD ROM drive) of the Compaq Presario 2500 Notebook computer. All you need just some hands on experience to do it and more practice makes perfect. The advantage of doing it yourself, it save money and get rid of the fear from dishonest IT technician who likes to steal computer parts. At the same time you learn the basic computer hardware maintenance skill that might be useful to yourself.

Tool you need:

2 x Pieces of Flat Head screwdrivers
1 x Piece of Philips head screwdriver

How to do it:

1. Use Philips screwdriver to open the rail screw from the rear
2. Use two Flat head screw driver to remove the rail
3. Open the keyboard screws and remove the Keyboard
4. Remove the DVD/CD Drive screws
5. Push the DVD/CD Drive out of the compartments
6. Done!!

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Charlie Brewer industry overview part one inkjet

Hardware and supplies overview from Charlie, of The Hard Copy Supplies Journal. Some highlights:

(Hardware Overview)
Noting some higher printer prices around the business but a great quote from Charlies first slide: "despite claims to the contrary, OEMs are committed to ultra low-end machines".

Other hardware trends -- AIO/MFP popularity grows but single funciton not going away, nor is the "appliance" photo printer, despite declines. Inkjet is growing in the office.

The last year has seen results of investments in print head technology by all the major vendors.

Reviewing last year -- "Kodak plans to make money on the razor" -- down to 10 cents a shapshot, but relatively high (noting special) for conventional page printing at 3 cents, and Silverbrook / Memjet -- "Delayed product introductions"

This year so far...Kodaks ESP line, Canon PIXMA MX7600 with PGR technology, HP new integrated cartridges, Brother ledger-sized office ink jet

(Supplies Overview)
More printer products with permanent print heads with ink tanks driving down the cost of consumables
Integrated cartridges deployed for low-use environments
Ink technologies provide enhanced performance, with more resilient dye-based inks and improved pigment-based inks
Forecast through 2012: Shipments are still growing on a units basis, but revenues are very flat
For Third-Party Suppliers, things are tough:
OEMs competing on price
Competition between third-party suppliers is fierce
Printer mfrs developing more complex technologies
OEMs successfully defend their intellectual property
Mfrs and distributors [resellers] are dropping products
OEMs -- Continue to focus on Consumables Marketing Tactics
Lyra forecasting that remanufacturers losing a bit of market share in both units amd dollars, from 2007 to 2012

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How to make HTML table on blogger the easy way

Creating HTML is not so difficult because there are so many references how you can make one. However to create a lot of cells (columns, rows) can be very tedious and time consuming. So how can you make it fast and just need to fill in the table columns and rows only.

The solution is use HTML table generator

All you need to do is follow the step below:

Step 1: Set your table width size (either by percentage or pixel). If you prefer to make the table fit your blog content page just set width = 100% or If you want exact pixel then set pixel size.

Step 2: Set number of rows

Step 3: Set number of columns

Step 4: Set background color which you can choose by clicking on the "choose color"

Step 5: Set Cellspacing: Set the border thickness the higher the figure the thicker table

Step 6: Set Cellpadding: Set the size of each cells. The higher the figure the bigger the cell size.

Step 7: Set border color. You can choose color by selecting the "choose color"

Step 8: Generate your table: Click generate

Step 9: Copy and paste the html code to your blogger content. Make sure your editor in blog set in HTML not compose.

Thats how to make your life easier and save a lot of time to create your own HTML table.

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Zinks printer design contest winners announced

As promised last month when the ZINK Imagings "Re-imagine Printing" finalists were announced (see "Zero Boundaries Design Contest".), a group of winners have just been named by the proverbial distinguished panel of judges.

Selected from a group of 40 finalists split between two categories, the first-, second- and third-place finishers, along with winner of the Peoples Choice award, hail from far-flung locations throughout the world, which speaks to the effectiveness of ZINKs effort, along the total volume of hundreds of design entries and the thousands of votes (over 7,000) over the past few weeks for the Peoples Choice contestants (all 40 finalists). The SmartBC, an on-demand Business Card printer from Brazils Arthur Ditlef (see photo above), prevailed in that category.

So congrats are due to the innovative crew at ZINK imaging, the judges panel, and all the contestants including of course the finalists and seven prize-winners. This first-of-its-kind "printer design crowdsourcing" effort shows the vitality that exists in thinking about news ways to print, and beyond!

Also see Xconomy.coms excellent coverage of the contest background and winners in a piece by Wade Roush.

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Chitika Payment Proof

It has been quite sometimes since the last time ive updated Chitika Payment proof on this blog. Although not exactly sure but I would like to believe this should be the 6th getting paid by Chitika since joining the ads publisher network. The total gross monthly earning should be around $USD 52.90 but not sure why only paid USD $44.40 after it was finalized. But anyway what matters most is Chitika keeps paying and thats very important to take note.

Join CHITIKA minimum payout only $10 by Paypal

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DPI at Demo provided by Coveroo

Its a rare day when "DPI" or "dots per inch" is mentioned in a six-minute Demo presentation, but thats what happened during Day Ones presentation by Karl Jacob, CEO of San Franciscos Coveroo. And while the reference was not directly about a printer, per se, it does involve a laser etching system thats close enough to get this printer industry veteran to take notice.

The company provides custom engraving for smart phones and their ilk, or in the words of the Demo2009 guide:

Coveroo makes your personal electronics truly personal. A Coveroo replaces the original back cover on your mobile device or MP3 player with a custom version featuring a laser-engraved artwork from your favorite band, TV show, movie or artist. We have hundreds of designs – from Barbie to Bart Simpson – or you can upload your own artwork. Coveroos are made using a high quality engraving process so they dont fade or wear like skins or stickers.

That high-quality engraving system is a 1200-dpi laser system, as seen in the illustration above. The equipment suppliers to Coveroo include Epilog Laser and Universal Laser, and the appeal of the personalized gadget was evident by the crowds at Coveroos Demo exhibit. Interesting, too, that while Coveroo stands out uniquely with its physical manifestation of personalization, many of the Demo2009 companies featured personalization in other forms, as in personalized search, personalized shopping, etc.

The Coveroo products are no secret in the enthusiast world, btw. Crackberry.com has promoted online contests for free Coveroo engraving, with thousands of online entries.

Thanks to Coveroos Keith Jacob and Danny Flores for their assistance, and especially my own newly personalized iPhone!

And photo credit to Caroline Traylor of Porter Novelli, thanks Caroline!

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HP NYSE HPQ Drupa news and overall printing outlook

As covered in last weeks post on the opening of Drupa (see "Hello Drupa"), the mammoth quadrennial commercial print show roars on through this week and into the next.

The Wall Street Journal had brief coverage on the inkjet emergence into this space (see "Inkjet Printers Get Set to Turn the Page"), and some the product offerings by individual vendors will be covered in this blog in coming days.

HP (NYSE HPQ) also had some guidance on their overall printing business to share from the site of the Düsseldorf, Germany show. While the companys May 20th earnings announcement and company discussion (see slides and analyst-call transcript) had little to say about IPGs (Imaging and Printing Group) results and outlook, despite at least some anticipation to the contrary (see "A little pressure on HP (NYSE HPQ) printer results"). IPG chief Vyomesh Joshi shared high-level strategy and prognoses in a Friday interview, including a 4%-6% annual revenue growth rate expected for FY2008 and FY2009, with margins of 14%-15% for FY2008 and 14.5%-15.5% for FY2009. (Note these margin estimates were corrected from original coverage.)

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