This article was originally written in the period 1995-2000
Running a laser printer has become an essential part of the life of many businesses, including design and drawing offices, of course. The choice of printer is often made largely on the basis of specification, brand or purchase price, but the costs associated with owning and running [...]
Original article date: March 1998
It is impossible to be successful in today’s world without electronic equipment yet we do little to protect it says MARK FREEMAN surge protection manager of OBO Bettermann
Have you ever stopped to imagine what it would be like to work today without electronic equipment? What jobs do you do during the [...]
Original article date: June 1996
Although most of the low-cost colour printers currently on the market are referred to as inkjet printers, there are in fact two major technologies in use. Most inkjet printers, including the popular bubble jet machines, use what is known as thermal technology, a method whereby heat is used to squirt (or [...]
This article was originally written in the period 1995-2000
A philosophical piece from Bentley Systems, looking at how the structure of CAD companies has changed and continues to change, to reflect the products available.
In the early 70s, both CAD software and graphics hardware were typically developed by the same vendor and sold as a “turnkey system” [...]
Original article date: May 1998
Developing a better alternative than IGES for translating data between CAD systems seems to have taken an age. Will STEP be outgrown before it is widely implemented? Alan Quinn and Jaime Peters interpret the current developments and applications.
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is now taken for granted by users of Microsoft [...]