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Depending on the what and why of your printed materials, you may be able to deduct them as a business expense. This includes such things as business cards and other items used to run your business. Consult your accountant to learn more.

What is the meaning of "camera ready”? In the digital age of printing, "camera ready” means that an image file submitted for printing is ready to be transferred to the printing plates without any modifications.

You may find it interesting to know that during the Cold War, copier machines used to have built-in miniature cameras for the purpose of spying on other countries.

Have you heard about the world’s smallest printer? PrintStik is the world’s smallest printer measuring 2" x 2" x 11". This portable Bluetooth printer, which can hold up to 20 sheets of paper, weighs a mere 1.5 pounds.

Have you heard about 3-D printers that can even print edible food? Well, these printers can also make things like jewelry, clothes, artificial prosthetics, and houses.

What are the different grades of paper? The different examples of paper grades are bond, text, coated book, uncoated book, and cover. Bond or writing papers are high-quality papers commonly used for letterhead, copying, and business forms.

Black printer ink is one of the most expensive liquids on the planet. In fact, its cost far exceeds the cost of oil and even the space shuttle fuel. The price of black printer ink is over $2,700 per gallon.

While most printers today print color sheets at a rate of 15 to 30 sheets per minute, the printers made by Riso Kagaku Corporation can print 150 color pages in a minute, thus making it the world’s fastest printer.

You may find it interesting to know the Incredible Hulk’s green skin color was actually a result of a printing error that Stan Lee liked. He originally wanted Hulk to be grey.

Coated book papers are high-quality papers coated with glossy, semi-gloss, or matte finishes. This paper is typically used for glossy photos, brochures, booklets, and more.

Colored toner was launched in the 1950s. But do you know that full-color copiers were not commercially available until 3M released the Color-in-Color copier in 1968? The first electrostatic color copier was rolled out by Xerox (the 6500) in 1973.

It takes about a gallon of oil to make one printer cartridge. Confused? While a cartridge itself doesn’t contain one-gallon oil, the entire process from the transportation to the manufacturing of cartridge uses about this much oil!