| With more professionals traveling around the country | | | | printer. While it does not have the range of uses as a |
| and the world for business it is no surprise that the | | | | printer if you have need of a fax machine with none in |
| electronics they use daily are shrinking to make | | | | sight scanning a document and sending it via email is |
| traveling easier. Computers have shrunk from the 15 | | | | viable solution to a fax machine. It also has its |
| pound, 12 inch screen laptops of old. To 13 inch wide | | | | advantages that documents can be sent while on the |
| screen high definition models that weigh less than 4 | | | | phone with someone who may not have access to a |
| pounds and are as powerful as any desktop machine | | | | fax until business hours the next day. Scanners come |
| that we see on the shoulders of professionals today. | | | | in all shapes and sized, but typically a full page scanner |
| For years the only things missing from the portable | | | | will be a slim model that feeds the page through some |
| office was a high quality portable printer and scanner. | | | | rollers rather than a typical scanner that looks more |
| Yes there have been several models through the | | | | like a copy machine. Also scanners can be found that |
| years but many of them left a lot to be desired when | | | | are used solely for business cards to help keep track |
| it came to speed, cost, and quality. This is no longer the | | | | of information for new business contacts and potential |
| case as today's portable devices very close to typical | | | | clients in a digital format. |
| home and office products that quality and speed no | | | | One of the few drawbacks of smaller printers and |
| longer need to be sacrifices when on the road. | | | | scanners can be pricey. For printers ink is usually no |
| Despite the ability of 24 hour printing services in many | | | | different price or technology wise than a typical inkjet |
| major cities there are still times when last minute | | | | or laser printer. Because of this there shouldn't be any |
| changes to a document, presentation, or contract need | | | | problems finding ink and no surprises price wise if |
| to be printed on the fly. Not all meetings will occur in | | | | replacement cartridges needs to be purchased while |
| major cities so the needs for a printer can be high and | | | | on the road. With the few portable laser printers |
| not all hotels will have one available for its guests. It is in | | | | available you may have a more difficult time finding a |
| these cases that a small high quality printer is an | | | | local supplier for toner so it may be best to check the |
| indispensable piece of equipment for the business | | | | levels before leaving for a trip. The printers themselves |
| traveler. While typically these printers are not made for | | | | are a little on the high side price wise when compared |
| heavy duty use like typical high end office printers they | | | | to home inkjet printers. They typically range from $60 |
| should have no problem handling any printing need that | | | | to $150 be it online or in a brick and mortar store. |
| could come up while on the road. This includes a small | | | | Scanners can also be as pricey but can be found |
| number of multi page reports, sales letters, contracts, | | | | between $25 and $100 depending on the type of |
| and even photos. | | | | quality desired. |
| A scanner can be just as important on the road as a | | | | |
