IN THIS ISSUE:
• Closeout Items
• Rollrunner Banner Stands
• Offis Life Shredders
• Folder Sealers
• Money Detectors
• Embossersr

ABC Office is pleased to announce the thirty-first edition of our "Ask Dave" newsletter, dedicated to answering your questions about office equipment and supplies, and providing you with useful answers. Please feel free to forward this issue of Ask Dave to your friends.

Who doesn't like a good deal? At ABC Office we want to give you a great product at a great price. Have you ever taken time to look at our closeout section? We have a huge list of closeout products to choose from. These are products that are either overstock in our warehouse or products that have been discontinued. You can see our entire list of closeout items by going here: http://www.abcoffice.com/closeout.htm.

We also have a wide selection of scratch and ding products available, along with lightly used and demo equipment. These products are in excellent working condition and have been discounted to help free up space in our warehouse. You can find these products by going here: http://www.abcoffice.com/used1.htm.


FEATURED PRODUCTS OF THE MONTH

----Rollrunner Banner Stands----

ABC Office has added a new type of banner stand called the roll runner. Rollrunner banner holders allow you to show more banners in one location thanks to its ability to rotate through a series of banners. These banner stands are great for any business that needs to display a variety of ads, posters and more. There are two styles of Rollrunners to choose from. The standard Rollrunner can be found here: http://www.abcoffice.com/rollrunner.htm. The Stop & Go Rollrunners can be found here: http://www.abcoffice.com/rollrunner-sg.htm.

----Offis Life Shredders----

ABC Office has added a new line of paper shredders to its already large list of shredding equipment. This new line of paper shredders are great for use in the home or office and are capable of continuous operation and require little maintenance. These new shredders can be compared to HSM brand shredders. You can find all our shredders, including Offis Life, by going here: http://www.abcoffice.com/shred1.htm.

ASK DAVE QUESTIONS

Dear Dave:
I am familiar with your folder inserters, but noticed that you sell folder sealers. The two machines sound like they are similar, but they look completely different. What is the difference?
Thank you,
Carrie

Carrie,
Folder inserters and folder sealers are different, but similar in purpose. Folder inserters take paper, fold it, put it in an envelope and seal it shut. These are very popular for mailing promotional material, invoices, letters and more (http://www.abcoffice.com/folder_inserter.htm).

Folder sealers take special pressure-sensitive self-mailing paper and fold it. The pressure activated glue keeps the folded documents sealed, allowing it to be mailed. The special paper used with the folder sealers can be printed on and run through the folder sealer. The end result is a self- contained letter that acts as an envelope and reading material in one. Folder sealers are commonly used by credit card companies and for mailing invoices. They are also commonly use for accounts payable and payroll check distribution. (http://www.abcoffice.com/folder_sealer.htm)
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Dear Dave:
You have sold counterfeit detectors for a while. I know that the new ten-dollar bill was released this month. Can your detectors handle the new money formats that are being released?
Thanks,
Maxwell

Maxwell,
The manufacturers of our counterfeit money detectors keep up to speed with new formats of U.S. currency. Many of the invisible counterfeit money detection measures implemented in the new bills do not change. If anything does change, upgrade kits are often made available for older machines. Luckily the size of money does not change, allowing money counters to count any denomination of bill currently produced.
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Dear Dave:
I want to make business cards with your thermography machine. Is the process easy and how does it work?
Thank you,
Scott

Scott,
Thermography machines are often used in the process of making business cards. You may have seen business cards with text that has an almost vinyl raised-letter effect. Thermography machines use a combination of powder and heat to create the popular raised-letter effect. The key to thermography is wet ink. Ink from ink jet printers dries too quickly and will not work. Digital duplicators (http://www.abcoffice.com/dupli1.htm) and other wet ink printing methods should work.

When a sheet of freshly printed business cards are run through the machine, powder is scattered over the sheet, which sticks to the wet ink. Powder that hasn't stuck to wet ink is shaken off. The sheet is then run through an oven where the ink and powder are baked, causing the powder to melt with the ink. The end result is a sheet of professional business cards.

The H-1 thermography machine (http://www.abcoffice.com/h-1.htm) can be used in an office or home, but must be placed on a table or countertop. Be aware that machine is about 67-inches long, so space may be an issue for some people. The oven gets very hot, so it is not recommended to use this machine where children may be present. The entire process is simple and the machine is fairly easy to use.


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