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Id make sure 100000% I wouldn't be late or miss the pick-up even if I have to wait 10 hours after first delivery, rest is always good. What about having a fax in truck how's that work, to receive paperwork for loads booked- ps is that your own personal signature or is it from something ie magazine,movie..?

 

It's my own personal signature. Check out my blogs.

With today's modern technology....It's what you can imagine.

You don't need a fax machine. You just need a "fax service".

I have a laptop, printer (planning to buy one) and a spare scanner at the house that will eventually make it into the truck with me.

Use a program like http://www.dopdf.com/
This will allow you to print invoices, scanned documents etc into a pdf format for easy emailing.

Saturday I am going in to Verizon to look at Mi-Fi's to bring on the road with me. Cheap internet for where ever you need it all things considering.

And I am the one that hates technology. It makes so many things easier to do. Brings the office on the road with you etc and yet it's a leash you can't live without.

 

I was just looking at mi-fi at verizon a week or so ago, was concidering starting to bring laptop with us. Cheap and better than those things you plug into your laptop..can connect up to 5 devices, password required and you can boot anyone off whenever you desire..plus way better cuz I'm getting tired of this "smart phone" I like laptops more..anyway the fax service do you really need one or can it be done this way: find load book load person emails you paperwork, u print paperwork fill it out scan it, email it back to them? No fax needed right or am I missing something?

 

Pretty much it right there.

I am rather surprised that people still use fax.

Modern scanners are so much better at what they do.

I have a brothers that I put in the house about 5 years ago. It's got two 250 count trays, duplex to print both sided and networked for all the computers (4-6 of them) in the house to print with. Love it. Never given me an issue.


This one is just a modern, little brother to that one. Does all of that but smaller and wireless network for the mi-fi.
The printer I am looking to get is this one.
http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL2270DW#.T2QjwhEgfKc

 

I have an hp at home(rather large for truck) with one computer and 4 laptops connected wirelessly for family to print off of. Definetly will look into the link u provided

 

It's on sale this week I noticed for $119 with free shipping till the 24th.


ETA:

And no, I cannot recommend getting an "all-in-one" machine either. If any part of it breaks, you are screwed and will be replacing a lot of stuff. Copying can be set-up to happen quickly with a scanner/computer/printer. I just haven't taken the time to figure that out right now.

 

So your saying with the 119$ printer from link above I'm gonna have to get a seperate copier?

 

no....

You scan the document with a flatbed scanner. You print it to the printer or to the pdf software I put in earlier.

does it all. Just not a "simple" operation. You scan it all in. THEN you print it.

 

I should add this to the frey....

I have the older 5250 model Brother printer. In 5 years, it's never been an issue.

With that in mind, it's why I am willing to buy this model for the truck.

With that in mind, I have been looking for a microwave for my truck. Talking with a salesman today at a local appliance store, he's "comment" was that there isn't an electronic device made to sustain the bouncing that goes on in a truck.

To a degree I can agree with him on that. Just not sure how much though.

 

Gotcha. Thanks for the help! Let me know how the mi fi works out!