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Road-Ready: Printing on the Go

By Todd Wasserman

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Whether you need to print out a last-minute sales proposal on the road or get a printout of a document in your hotel before a client meeting, a portable printer might be valuable to you and your business.

E-mail has made paper printouts obsolete in most cases and just about every hotel has a business center with a printer, so why would anyone need a portable printer?

Most people don’t, but there are some professions where it comes in quite handy. “The people who really need a mobile printer are people who are doing something on the road and need a document right on the spot.

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