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If you're a freelancer or you run a small business, you know that having a great business card is a valuable asset. However, when you're just starting out, printing business cards can seem a little out of reach pricewise. It doesn't have to be like that though. These days, there are dozens of low-cost printers who will do a print run of a modest amount of cards for you.
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Christmas is coming, and that means getting together with friends and family around a good board game. But board games can be expensive, and many of you will only play them once or twice at most. Instead of buying something new this Yuletide, how about printing your own instead? Here’s my pick of 5 awesome printable games to suit all tastes, mostly drawn from personal experience, and BoardGameGeek’s extensive list of Print and Play games.
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With this immense popularity, Instagram is a great platform to take advantage of, and many Web apps, printing services and the like have sprung out all over the place. These services are now so common, that when I first heard of StickyGram, my expectations weren’t very high. We set out to test drive StickyGram, and ordered four packs of these Instagram magnets to four different places of the world. Each sheet of StickyGrams includes nine magnets, 50mm X 50mm in size, costs $14.99, and ships worldwide for free. But what are they really like? You can read our verdict below, and as usual, enter the giveaway to win one of 5 sheets of 9 StickyGram magnets, made from your own Instagram photos!
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Recently on MakeUseOf we showed you how to find, download, print and build your own card models. This got me thinking about just what card models I would enjoy printing out and building. After all, when you’re downloading templates, you’re accepting a prescribed design and method of construction. Like me, you might prefer to create different models, preferably with a better focus on building rather than a heavy bias on the end product.
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With Summer on the horizon for the Northern hemisphere, many of us are thinking about the possibility of getting outdoors and planning camping trips with family and friends. While getting out of the house is the main goal here, planning ahead on the computer can be worth the effort. In this case, it's worth using the excellent free resources online to print camping checklists and remind yourself of the best camping tips.
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Are you trying to come up with things to do with your family? Spending hundreds on toys is an idea, but so is spending an afternoon with your kids making fun paper crafts. You may think the latter is rather uneventful, but there are many more things you can do with paper, printable models and online sources. Up next, we will take a look at several activities that involve a bit of paper and some ink.
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Unless you work out of random coffee shops, your work environment is around you every day, all day long. Building your own custom workstation can go a long way towards making things more comfortable and productive, but what about inspiration? Having beautiful, amusing or thought-provoking artwork hanging around your office or home can seriously upgrade the atmosphere.
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Today, we'll be taking a quick look at what MOO is all about and we placed several test orders with them to find out how great their print quality is. We'll also be giving away 5 packs of 100 MiniCards after the review so stay tuned!
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If you're on the lookout for a new geeky craft for yourself or the kids you've probably considered making your own board games as an idea. But you probably didn't realise that you can do it very easily for free. There are a number of games available online which are easy to print and play without the need for fancy things only available in boxed board games.
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The utility of printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper cannot be overstated enough. Perhaps in lesser eco-conscious times, condensing your print jobs might not have collected any attention. But as we head off to battle with the forces of global warming and natural depletion, learning how to utilize each square inch of paper is a must.
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Paper costs money. Save both by printing your PDFs on half-pages. Whether you want a booklet or side-by-side copies, a free tool for Windows not only makes this possible but also simple. Stop messing around with printer settings and get the document exactly how you want it. If you use your printer often, this is a tool you should probably know about.
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Printing information from the web is often a challenge because websites are plastered with sidebars, images, advertisements, and other unprintable elements. What makes a website look fantastic is a real drag when printing because all of these items waste precious ink and paper. Rather than just printing everything, you can be smart and use one of the bookmarklet tools I will introduce below.
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Amazon has just announced that sales of its e-books have already surpassed printed books. Even though the news could be the sign that digital publications have started to hold its ground, e-books (and e-documents) still have a long way to go before they can completely replace their printed counterparts – if ever. Kindle, iPad and [...]
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Add word search puzzles to the list of games you can play with mere words and using nothing but a pen and paper. Oh, I forgot, you can play all sorts of puzzles and games on the web these days. Let’s talk about word search puzzles here. Unlike crosswords where you pencil in the missing [...]
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With 2011 upon us, if you haven’t already bought yourself a planner or wall calendar, you might want to look at a few of these DIY free printable calendars. Some of them will require a little bit of effort on your part, but the final product will definitely be worth it. If you don’t have [...]
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