Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Printer Repair for Your Business: Worth the Cost?

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If you own or manage a business that relies on multiple printers, you know how much of an expense your equipment, toner cartridges, and paper can be. You also know what a pain it is when you and your staff aren’t able to print.

Working from home presents a new set of challenges! Your home printer is probably not used to be used as frequently or in such high volumes as you’re using it now. If you’re having issues, how do you take care of your machine?

Take care of your investment and schedule service as soon as your printer shows signs of a problem. Kyle Miller, our resident printer expert, says, “In my opinion, it is good practice to have your laser printers serviced every year, even when nothing is wrong with them.” 

Read our checklist for hiring the printer repair pros on our website!

MCS recommends choosing the right printer for your needs, whether that’s only printing once every few days, or printing several documents every hour. The type of printer you need and the quality of printer necessary will depend on how often you use it, and what you’re using it for. Read more about how to choose the right printer here!

If you absolutely need to get your home printer serviced, MCS is ready to help! We know repairs are sometimes the only choice for those of us working at home, and if you feel a replacement isn’t the right choice, we can do a $25 printer assessment to determine what your next steps should be. 

To read more about our printer repair service for Ann Arbor businesses and business-class machines contact us today!

Monday, March 11, 2024

Time for Printer Repair? Read This First!

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Have you noticed your printer making strange noises lately? 

Do you see inappropriate blurred lines or fonts? 

Is your printer chewing up paper and spitting it out?

You could try contacting your printer’s manufacturer for help.  Unfortunately, they could tie you up on the phone for hours or take weeks to answer your email.  Wouldn’t you prefer having a friendly technician come to you to help with your printer repair service in Ann Arbor? 

If you have printer issues, that can be a whole other level of frustration, especially if your home printer isn’t suited to the high volume you might have been printing on your business-class machine at your office. 

Before you call a printer repair service or spend a lot of money to repair your printer, read our checklist for hiring the printer repair pros on our website! 

We truly care about the Ann Arbor community and want to continue to build relationships with small businesses and non-profit organizations.  We have the ability to help you with all your computer, labeling, and printing needs, including on location printer repair service in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area. 

Contact us today to discuss your needs and to schedule a checkup for your printer.

Thursday, February 22, 2024

What’s the Difference Between Cartridge Reuse and Recycling?

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Do you go through a large amount of toner cartridges at your office every month?

Are you looking for a more eco-friendly, sustainable way to get rid of them? Have you considered toner cartridge recycling?

Used toner cartridges can accumulate quickly, especially if your business prints a lot of marketing materials, meeting agendas, or inter-office memos. If you’re struggling to find storage space for toner cartridges, large batch recycling is a great option for you!

E-waste is the mist rapidly growing segment of the municipal solid waste stream. Recycling e-waste benefits the environment by:

  • Conserving natural resources
  • Disposing of toxic chemicals properly
  • Protecting and supporting your community by reducing the amount of e-waste that’s incinerated and placed in landfills, which can negatively impact air and water quality.

What’s the Difference Between Cartridge Reuse and Recycling?

Many people use “reuse” and “recycle” interchangeably, but when it comes to sustainability, there are specific differences.

While recycling is a viable way to contribute to renewable resources, reuse actually requires
less energy consumption and helps keep materials from landfills. The best solution for a robust economy is a combination of recycling and reuse that can help collect and dispose of waste in a way that doesn’t impact already overburdened landfills!

Read more on our website!


Recycling e-waste and toner cartridge recycling is one of the simplest ways to reduce your environmental footprint. MCS collects empty toner cartridges, obsolete computers, monitors, printers, and other office equipment from our current customers FREE of charge!

Send us an email or call us today to find out how to become a customer!

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Level Up Your Office's Sustainability with Toner Cartridge Recycling

Sustainability has been at the forefront of business in recent years, and many companies are looking for ways to become more eco-friendly.

Besides in-office recycling programs, or switching from paper and plastic to reusable materials, you can also go green with the way you print!

  • Overall energy efficiency: Use energy efficient machines whenever possible! From printers to office refrigerators, there are so many ways you can increase your “green” machines.
  • Eliminated wasteful production practices: Stop over-printing by using technologies like on demand printing and variable data printing.

Read more on our website!

Recycling e-waste and toner cartridge recycling in Ann Arbor is one of the simplest ways to reduce your environmental footprint. MCS collects empty toner cartridges, obsolete computers, monitors, printers, and other office equipment from our current customers FREE of charge!

Send us an email or call us today to find out how to become a customer!

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Thermal Barcode Labels for Better Business Practices

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Are you a new business just starting out?

Are you an entrepreneur finally leaving corporate America to begin the business you truly love?

You're in business because you excel at what you do.  The management function of your business may or may not be your "gig," but we all know it must be done.  If you're a locally owned business, this work most likely falls on your shoulders.

If you’re managing a business on your own, you’re not only in charge of your staff, but also the background tasks like accounting and inventory. Thermal barcode labels make this work more efficient and done in a snap.

Barcodes are important to every business because they:

  1. Track products
  2. Track equipment
  3. Track people – employee badges, time cards, etc.

Label errors, however, can grind your business to a halt! If you use labels for inventory and shipping, you need reliable thermal barcode labels that don’t smudge or print in error.

Read more on our website!

Michigan Computer Supplies has been providing thermal barcode labels, equipment and supplies to businesses for over 20 years! If your Ann Arbor business needs printers, scanners, paper, and labels, don’t hesitate to contact us or give us a call at (734) 213-5400 today.

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Does Your Ann Arbor Business Need Thermal Barcode Labels?

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As your business grows and products are added to your inventory, bookkeeping by hand becomes more inefficient and error prone. Speed up check outs and inventory management by implementing a barcode system for tracking your goods!

With a barcode inventory system, your inventory is continually updated as new items come in or go out. There’s no need to perform time-consuming inventory checks by hand, and there’s much less room for error and miscalculation.

  1. The first step to making a barcode label system is to assign SKUs and UPCs to your products. SKUs, or Stock Keeping Units, are used in internal warehouse operations to track items, colors, categories, costs, and other info
  2. You’ll also need to decide on a scanner to use in your warehouse or office. Wired scanners are cheaper but less portable, while wireless scanners are usually battery powered and save data onto a memory card. Wired scanners are a good choice for checking out customers, while wireless scanners are more ideal for warehouse inventory management.

Once you have item identifiers, a barcode printer, and a scanner, set up your equipment with inventory management software and you’re good to go!

Read the full article on our website!

Does Your Ann Arbor Business Need Thermal Barcode Labels?

If your business is scaling up and you’re spending a lot of time entering inventory data, you should consider switching to a barcode inventory system! Barcode scanning is much easier and has less potential for error—once your system is set up it can benefit your company for many years to come!

Michigan Computer Supplies has been providing thermal barcode labels, barcode equipment and other supplies to businesses for over 20 years! If your Ann Arbor business needs printers, scanners, paper, and labels, don’t hesitate to contact us or give us a call at (734) 213-5400 today.

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Opening Your First Storefront? Check These Boxes First

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Are you getting ready to open your first brick and mortar location in 2024?

Congratulations! Your venture is important to you, and it’s important to us too. We want to help you get everything in place to make your employees happy, and more importantly – make your customers and clients happy too!

Here are the top things customers and clients look for that will keep them loyal to a business:

  1. Show appreciation with a handwritten note or letter on company stationary
  2. Educate your customers so they can achieve the best outcome working with you
  3. Provide proactive customer service
  4. Provide a great atmosphere with refreshments and goodie bags

We can help you find the items you need to keep your customers, clients, and staff happy, including:

  • Office supplies: Post-It notes, staples, pens/pencils, notepads, copy paper
  • PPE: Masks, hand sanitizer, gloves, antibacterial wipes
  • Complimentary items for your staff/customers: Coffee, sugar, creamer, water bottles, etc.

Read more on our website!

You need nationwide service with a local feel!

Our mission at MCS is to provide the very best value in printer supplies and service, custom labels, bar code and data collection products, paper, and more to the Ann Arbor business community and beyond.

We want to be more than just your printer supply company. We want to help you with all your business solutions in Ann Arbor! One way you can find more value from working with us is through our Everyday Essentials program, where we’ll help you find those office items that might otherwise be in short supply.

Give MCS a call and let's start your culture of kindness experience today! You'll be glad you did, and we can't wait to help you!