Conference Boards and Cabinets

Despite today's technology, and the availability of presentation equipment and peripherals like projectors, multi-touch screens and other such implements, there is no replacement for a good old fashioned white boards and conference cabinets for meetings. White boards are perfect for jotting down ideas, notes, giving out tasks, planning projects, and just plain old brainstorming so that everyone can throw out ideas and collaborate. If you are setting up a conference room for your new building, or remodeling an old one, you will of course need a conference table, chairs, and other such furniture, and most certainly a quality white board and conference cabinet.

Office-Supplies.us.com can ship your new conference cabinet right away, and we offer free shipping on orders over $75 (which all such cabinets are). They come in variety of colors and styles to match everything from a simple conference room to an elegant executive one. Models with adjustable panels and an array of other features can run up to around $1500, but simpler models are as low as $350. If you need help selecting the right model for your new conference room, let us know and we'll be happy to help.

If you already have your conference room set up and just need replacement markers, erasers, and other board accessories, we have you covered there too. We have an entire line of board erasers, board mounts and other accessories to meet all of your office supply needs.

Office Shredders and You

In today's climate of constant threat, with identity theft, credit card theft, and other forms of information-related crime, it is vital that every business have a policy for how it will handle its privacy and information security, and more importantly, a method for actually executing that plan! Many businesses continue to be remiss about providing their employees with proper shredders to appropriately dispose of records and information that could be used for potential harm.

Often times, documents that contain names, birth dates, addresses, and even credit cards numbers, user names, and password are casually thrown in the trash without a thought to the potential risk for those whose information has been carelessly made available for anyone willing to dig through a dumpster. (And if you think people don't do exactly that in their effort to retrieve these kinds of information, you are wrong.)

If the ongoing stream of stories about people who have had their lives and finances destroyed by these kinds of people weren't wake up call enough, we at Office-Supplies.us.com would like to offer another friendly reminder that businesses and people in general should always be aware of how they should be destroying this material, and offering a wide range of shredders and shredder accessories so that business can properly equip themselves to do so. We have cross-cut, confetti-cut, micro-cut, and strip-cut models, of varying sizes and paper capacities to meet your specific needs. We also have the shredder bags and shredder oil you will need to keep whichever model(s) you purchase running smoothly and well-maintained. If you need any advice on which models are best, just contact our knowledgeable staff - they will be glad to help.

Holiday Highlighters!

No doubt this holiday season will see its fair share of present wrapping, as you carefully envelop each present in wrapping paper of bright colors and beautiful designs for each of your loved ones. But after the bows have been attached and ribbons tied, it comes time to address the presents so everyone knows who gets the pleasure of opening it - and for that we have the perfect thing: highlighters and highlighter sets (with multiple colors) are a great way to add even more bright color to your wrapped presents - you can write the recipient's name in hot pink, neon green, and a host of other radiant shades with pen-style highlighters and markers. Maybe you assign a certain color to each member of the family, or mark the smaller presents in one color and mark the big finale-style presents in another. The possibilities are endless, so let your creative side take over and have a blast and add a spark to your present labels this year!

Scanners - Digitize your Old Photos

We know, especially for those affected by this year's wild fires in California, that protecting old photos is one the biggest concerns for people who have to evacuate or are in danger of losing their homes. No amount of insurance can replace those cherished memories, so make sure that you never lose them by putting them in digital format with the help of a high-quality flatbed scanner. With today's scanner technology and photo editing software, you can create permanent image files of all of your old photos quickly and easily.

Make sure you choose a scanner that scans in color and has a high level of bit depth. This way your photos will look as close to the original as possible, and if you want to do any editing, will have the highest color integrity possible for you to work with. One example of an excellent scanner for this purpose is the Hewlett-Packard Scanjet G4010 Photo Flatbed Scanner, with innovative 6-color, 96-bit color photo scanning, and a highly- detailed 4800 x 9600 dpi hardware resolution. With this scanner, every detail will be captured and your photos will look great.

As a note, if you are looking to preserve your photos and keep them safe in case of a fire or other disaster, make sure you store them on a portable disk, flash memory drive, or using online file storage, so you don't have to worry about losing them. We hope you never need to worry about this, but if you do, we hope this tip will help you be better prepared. Happy holidays and happy scanning!

Office Supplies Gifts?

Well, it's "Cyber Monday" and people everywhere are making a mad rush to the web (thank god there are no lines online!) to buy gifts for their entire list. While the obvious choices as gifts for most include the iPods and Nintendo Wiis of the world, we don't want anyone to forget that office supplies too can be a great gifts.

Do you have someone on your list that spends almost all of their time parked in front of their computer working or playing? Why not get him/her a new office chair! Check out our office chair selection and get one that will make life just a little more comfortable for that friend or family member who has worn down their chair with overuse.

What about that budding artist in your family? You can get them a flatbed scanner, which allow them to scan their artwork into digital form to work on in a digital art program like Photoshop or Illustrator. If they aren't quite ready to go digital, you can just get them some good old fashioned art supplies, like colored pencils, paint brushes, and more.

And how about that obsessively organized one on the list? How about a labeler and labeling tape so they can start sticking everything with a label that says exactly what it is and where it should go. We have a great selection of label makers, from Casio and Brother, as well as the tapes to keep them going.

So the bottom line is don't forget about those more functional office gifts that can be just as thoughtful and, more importantly, useful as anything you can get online. As always, Office-Supplies.us.com offers free shipping on orders over $75, so shop away, and enjoy your holiday!