Barkings! | The Small Dog Apple Blog

Sometimes, you just want a printer. No fax, no scanner, no complicated add ons. Just a simple, easy to use, printer. So I scanned the inventory here at Small Dog and then talked with Emily, a member of our fantastic sales team. She recommended the Epson Stylus C120. Bearing in mind that I was down to the wire on printing my taxes and that they HAD to be mailed the next morning, I really didn’t want or need a fancy printer, copier, scanner, fax machine. I didn’t have time to mess with setting all of that up and I didn’t have a lot of money to spend.

I purchased the C120, took it home, read the directions, set it up and had my taxes printed all in less than an hour. It would have been less than that, but I spaced out on the “charging of the ink” step. I hadn’t pushed the cartridge all the way in and it sat there blinking. I thought the blinking meant that it was charging. But since the directions said the procedure should only take a couple of minutes, it finally dawned on me that I had not done something right. So I back tracked, found the problem and pushed the button again. YAY!

It isn’t the prettiest printer, but boy does it print nice documents. Crisp and clear with no smudges. And FAST! The printer has a low profile and fit nicely on my desk. It comes with a CD that contains the driver you need and installation was quick (Try it on your Mac without it, though–the drivers are in OS X already!). Just remember to pick up a USB cable – I forgot, but luckily I had another Epson at home and the cable worked just fine.

If you are looking for a fast, single function printer – I have no qualms recommending this one. It’s a keeper!

Buy it here.

Tags: c120, epson, stylus

I would have continued on as I was, a dedicated cat person. Used to their combined aloofness and occasional demands for attention. Then in early March of this year, I found myself a the companion of a seven year old pomeranian that Ed (then in sales) named Magdelina which I shortened to Maggie.

If there is a happier dog on the face of the earth, I haven’t met her yet. Although, Fantail Shrimp comes close. Morgan (our super tech) laughs at how if she were any happier, she would just wiggle herself out of her skin. She smiles and dances and just loves coming to work. Mark (our accountant) is one of her favorite coworkers. She also seems to have a particular fondness for Rob Amon’s toes and Artie gets a personal greeting whenever he comes in the office.

She loves attention but isn’t a pest about it, she loves being brushed and playing “where is your toy” which is usually a rawhide bone that she throws around and barks at. She makes me laugh and you can’t help but smile back at her when she looks up at you. Someone obviously worked with her on training as she has wonderful manners and does not beg for food. Well, she might check and see if you will give her a taste, but if not, she will just lay nearby.

She loves to go for rides but is finally accepting that sometimes she can’t go with me and that, yes, I will be coming back to her. Don’t get me wrong, I still love my cats, but my Maggie fills a bigger place in my life. I didn’t realize how empty my home was until she moved in. Sometimes I have to wonder who really “rescued” whom.

Tags: apple, mac os x, maggie, small dog electronics