Everyone using a printer knows that the biggest cost of using a printer is in the ink. You can buy an entry level printer for Php 2,000 and spend Php 1,000 everytimg your ink runs out.

Printer manufacturers such as HP, Canon and Epson makes money not on the printer but on the consumables. In my experience, it is worth buying re-manufactured or replacement ink rather than using originals. I try to avoid refilling ink cartridges as this is messy.

If you are a heavy printer user, consider buying bulk ink cartriages. The one time purchase may be costly but the printing cost in the long run is worth the investment.

For laser printers, I’ve tried both refilled and re-manufactured toners. I find the toner refill more reliable than buying re-manufactured ones.

Consistency is the key in finding a good ink replacement. If you are satisfied with the ink you bought, consider using the same brand the next time around.

Oh, by the way, don’t throw that defective printer. Printer manufacturer have trade-in promos yearly and you can save thousands by trading-in your old defective printer.

A free seminar on How to Start Your Own Business will be conducted during the Negosyong Pinoy Expo 2007. The event is scheduled on Sept 16, 2007 at the Mini-Trade Hall, 2nd Level, Festival Mall in Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang. 

Topics include:
  1. Improving Filipino lives through entrepreneurship
  2. Why Go Into Business
  3. Rewards of Going Into Business or Entrepreneurship
  4. Risks of Going Into Business or Entrepreneurship
  5. Process Flow : Starting A Small Enterprise
  6. Looking Within (Self Analysis)  - Are You Entrepreneurial?
  7. Looking Outside Factors to Consider
  8. Decision-Making / Planning
  9. Types of Business According to Ownership - Advantages & Disadvantages
10. Writing a Business Plan
11. Sources of Capital
12. Rules for Sound Financing
13. Choosing the Site/Location of Your Business
14. Registering Your Business
15. Requirements for Business Name Registration
16. Barangay Micro Business Enterprise (B.M.B.E.) Law
17. Managing Your Finances
18. Financing Assistance / How to get Business Loan
19. Franchise Concepts + “Mga Negosyong Kaya ng Pinoy”

Be moved. Be changed. Be a leader.

Seldom will you have an opportunity to listen to world renowned personalities. The Global Leadership Summit will bring to the Philippines an extraordinary line-up of speakers like Colin Powell, Michael Porter, Jimmy Carter and others.

The Global Leadership Summit is an event that will be held in 193 cities and 31 countries. To know more about the event and to register, visit http://www.glsphilippines.org/

Since the line-up of speakers are pretty impressive, I don’t expect these speakers to be present personally but rather, I assume that they would be there through video.

We were struck with two brownouts yesterday in the office. Rather than wait it out and distrupt our work schedule, I decided to call Meralco’s call center number, 16211.

As with other big companies, its an autmated system that greets you when you call Meralco. The good thing about browout inquiry is that the system can accurately provide the time when electricity will be restored. In the first inquiry, the system notified of an emergency line problem and that service should be back by 2pm. Electricity returned a little past 1pm.

In the next brownout, I called a few minutes after experiencing the outage. The system then gave a notice that service will be back at 3:30pm or 30 minutes after. Service returned at 3:20pm.  

In both instances, it was good for me to know when electricity would be back so we can adjust our work activities. Great service Meralco for this system!

Note: you need to have your service identification number ready to use their automated system.