The Business Loop

Why You Should Use Thermal Paper

2012-02-06T09:56:00.000+08:00

Some of the advantages of using thermal paper.

Everywhere you go, receiving a receipt is a basic business requirement whenever you purchase a product or service from a particular establishment. It is not surprising that many business establishments use up a lot of paper rolls every month. With the number of receipts that a restaurant or supermarket issues every day, you can only imagine how much receipt paper is consumed.

If you own a business or just starting one, you probably know how that these seemingly small details matter a lot especially in the long run. A growing number of businesses are now using thermal paper as their POS paper. Thermal paper is a type of paper that does not require any ink. Instead, heat is directed towards the paper which then leaves a sharp, clear image on the paper. Below are some advantages of thermal paper to help you decide whether you should shift towards thermal rolls as well.

· Fast. Printing on thermal paper is faster than the traditional way of printing with the use of ink. If you are the cashier at the end of a very long line, a receipt that is printed quickly is preferred.

· Clear. If you are concerned about the quality of thermal printing, you can relax because images printed on thermal paper are very clear and of excellent quality. In fact, it is clearer than other types of printing. This is the reason why thermal printing is also used in imaging machines.

· Durable printers. Printers that are designed for thermal printing do not use any ink cartridges or printer ribbons. This means that you eliminate some of the moving parts and you do not have to worry so much about paper jams. Having a printer that can last longer will help you lower your costs.

· Quiet operation. Since there are no cartridges and ribbons, a thermal printer has limited moving parts. This results to a quieter operation of the printer.

· Environmentally friendly. If your business is the type that advocates eco bags, then having a thermal printer is in line with your eco friendly thrust because you will not consume any ink.

· Cost effective. There are many ways that thermal printing can help you lower your business costs; some of which are lower printer maintenance costs and no expenses on ink. It is also a good to note that thermal papers are affordable. In fact, there are now recycled versions of the thermal paper which are friendly to the environment and to your pockets.

· Lightweight. If you are planning to move or change business location soon, then a thermal printer will be good for you. Thermal printers are very light and handy so that you can easily bring it anywhere. This is particularly helpful if you are thinking of joining bazaars where you will need to setup a makeshift payment counter.

About the Author:

Aggie Aviso is a freelance consumer and business writer, writing comprehensive reviews, articles and how-to's.

Hydro-excavation is the Safest Way To Dig

2011-10-11T14:44:00.002+08:00

Most countries around the world, if not all, have a vast underground infrastructure of pipelines, cables, wires and other facilities. All these underground utilities are necessary for the day-to-day living of people since they provide telecommunications, water, electricity, gases and fuels. So imagine what a single incident of disruption of these services can cause?

Because of numerous incidents of injuries, explosions, etc., a one-call system has been implemented in America and other countries for those who are planning to do some excavation activities. In Texas, for example, even the homeowners are required to call 811 before they can move dig in their yard.

That is why hydro-excavation has been developed and, eventually, has become an excavation standard worldwide. Since it only utilizes pressurized water to break up sod and soil and conveyed the water slurry into a debris tank by a vacuum, it has been considered as the safest and most efficient form of excavation. It is non-mechanical and less invasive making it non-destructive to the buried pipes and other facilities. Definitely, there’s no safer and better way to dig than with hydro-excavation! So if you are based in Texas and needs excavation, think of a company who has been in the trade for ages.

Colored Opaque Stickers for Indoor from Korea - Php 3.00/sqft

2011-09-28T09:36:00.000+08:00

Liquidation sale for Colored Opaque Vinyl Stickers from korea!!

Only Php 3.00 / sqft

LIQUIDATION SALE!! VARIOUS COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM!

Hurry, call to reserve!! 0922 899 7060, 0922 844 3385

Print and Label 2011: Booth No. 115

2011-09-28T09:22:00.000+08:00

Stickerworld will be joining the upcoming Manufacturing Technology 2011 / Print and Label 2011 in cooperation with Globallink MP Events International, Inc. on October 5-8, 2011 at the SMX Convention Center.

We will be at Booth Number 115.

Watch out for our Octoberfest theme booth organized/conceptualized in cooperation with RED Materials!

See you at the most important Manufacturing Industry Event of the Year!!

Reflective Film Retailer

2011-08-17T17:30:00.000+08:00

We are sourcing for new supply for all kinds of vinyl stickers such as reflective, translucent, transparent, opaque, frosted, and for digital printing. Being said that, we have been importing these goods for quite some time already but recently, we are short in some fast moving colors and films. Thus a quick fix would be to buy locally.

We browsed high and low, found several would-be suppliers from online forums, sulit and webpages. Based on our initial talk on the phone and via exchange of text messages, we were made to believe that they are importing and direct source from the manufacturers. And so, today, amidst my busy schedule, I went with the team to visit his shop - the shop. Only to find out that its a small time retailer, just buy roll of each color from a supplier and retails it in his sari-sari store. That long conversation over the phone has ended today.

Next job, search the net again and ask around. How about you? Do you know of a company who supply these products? I would be grateful.. want to earn commission? lol

Sticker Decals Dot Net

2011-08-11T20:26:00.001+08:00

Sticker, sticker, decals, wall art, vehicle wraps, blah blah, that is our business! Our soul, our bread and butter!

Today, as I was checking on a good domain for another blog, I tried the domain stickerdecals.net - and was so happy! Its available! Without second thought, I purchased it at Go Daddy to be hosted at iPower. So expect another business to promote in this blog.

:)

Lights and Lamps

2011-08-10T15:57:00.000+08:00

We used to stay in Paragon, a condominium in Mandaluyong City. The ground floor of the said building housed a big lights and lamps shop with imported products range from sparkling quoizel chandeliers, to sofa sets, tables and chairs, beds and other posh furnitures and fixtures.

I used to window shop around the shop for ideas on how to decorate our condo unit. I must admit its a little pricey there but there was one quoizel table lamps that I could not resist of not buying it. Yes, I could be an impulse buyer at times but for that particular purchase, I had to convince myself that lamp is ideal for our unit. Luckily, my husband also loved it! And so, the conversation is over! Its just perfect for our home lighting requirement.

Now we are living in a whole house in a middle class subdivision in Cavite, its still small but its perfect for our little family. We are a family of 5 by the way, with 2 househelpers - oh well, thats not really small now. One of the bathroom upstairs needs a makeover, I will probably sneak out of the office early today so I can check on quoizel bathroom lighting.

Want to Earn At Link Vehicle?

2011-08-10T14:45:00.000+08:00

I have been invited by a blogger friend to register at Link Vehicle. Without hesitation, I registered and still checking the mechanics on how to earn from here.

It looks as if its a promising company. Hoping to earn some money from this company. For the time being, I am crossing my fingers..

Wholesaler and Distributor of Self Adhesive Films

2011-08-10T14:03:00.001+08:00

I have been blogging for many companies worldwide but I dont think I ever talked about our company here in my blog.

So let me start here:

Stickerworld is a wholesaler and nationwide distributor of printing and plotting materials. We serve the printing, advertising and signage industry, providing a wide range of self adhesive vinyl films.

Typical applications are :

indoor and outdoor print media,
vehicle wraps
road signs
signages
car decals
billboards
display stands
wall art decorations

www.stickerworld.net

We sell value for money products for a reasonable price.

So if you have a requirement, please dont hesitate to give me a call or email me using the contact form above. Or click our logo to be redirected to our webpage.

Back in Business

2011-08-10T13:37:00.000+08:00

Its been a while since my last write up here. I have been busy at Wordpress for my other blogs in fashion, travel, health, food, home management, work and about my family.

But for now, I am again inspired to update this as I found a very nice green template. I find the other one boring already! Its like dressing up in public, you don't want to wear the same clothes. lol

So whats up? What keeps you busy during the past months?

Business Niche

2011-05-31T19:51:00.000+08:00

As you have already known, I am also running the Pinay Green Mommy blog, a self hosted blog in Wordpress. As you can see, I can't update this blog often as I am more into that blog for green topics.

Thus, I am thinking of transforming this blog into a business blog. What do you think? I guess I just have to change the format or template and change the title.

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld

Reading Green Blogs

2011-05-26T19:43:00.000+08:00

I have been reading green inspired blogs lately, whether its about a go green topic, promoting recycling and stuff like that, even just a green template but the topic is fashion or family, invite my eyes to read really such blogs. There seems to be an invitation to stay in the blog longer.

There was this one blog of a mommy that has a good backlink checker. Its admirable how she got such a high Alexa ranking and Google PR.

Spacious Room

2011-05-19T22:07:00.001+08:00

I had a meeting today with a supplier of waste paper in Fort Bonifacio. Together with my boss and the export manager, we arrived there quite early but couldn't find a parking space so we ended up late for 15 minutes. Good enough that their big boss was still not in when we got there, so it was still a blessing in disguise.

Anyway, we were directed to their meeting room and were offered coffee. Of course - yes please! One of the thing I noticed in that room are the leaning mirrors installed there. It made the room quite spacious. Even my boss noticed that mirror that resulted to 40% of the meeting about the business, 60% about the mirrors.

Renewed For Another Year

2011-04-21T19:11:00.000+08:00

I have been thinking religiously if I will renew this domain for another year. For quite some time, my decision was not to so I unchecked the portion of automatic renew under Google Apps. And it did! I received an email a few days ago that my domain has expired.

Today, while sitting and nothing to do, in a split second I come to realized to renew it. Thanks for the mosquitoes which kept on buggering me here.

So thats all. This domain deserves another year. So this blog still reads as www.recyclingloop.com

:)

Paragon Garden

2011-04-15T15:11:00.001+08:00

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Poultry Business

2011-02-04T19:58:00.002+08:00

I have long time friend who is in to poultry business. This is a very lucrative business considering that Filipinos are known to be chicken eaters. Remember chicken adobo and fried chicken? But amidst their success in this business, they also have their share of losses and big losses.

When they were starting the business, they cannot afford yet to buy refrigerated trucks so they used their own delivery truck but on the way for delivery, the truck was broken and so the meat were all spoiled. It was a painful experience for my friend and they learned from that mistake.

After they recovered from that loss, at first they made sure that before going out for delivery, the truck should be in good working condition. At a later time, they applied for a bank loan and luckily was approved fast. They then purchased refrigerated vans, 2 refrigerated trucks and coolers. They invested more in buying vehicle and equipments to solve their delivery issues.

Now, I can attest that their business is really doing well. They are serving multinational companies at the same time direct supplier to major supermarkets in Manila. They are currently upgrading their distribution channel in Manila and planning to open a branch in Visayas and Mindanao. I am living proof that the couple really started the business small but they both have the right attitude, perseverance and the determination to succeed. I am happy that amidst their problems and losses before, they didn't lose hope and just continue to struggle and work harder. Now they are plucking the fruits.

The Bloggers Exchange : Feb & March

2011-02-01T16:17:00.002+08:00

Thanks to the organizer of this link exchange program: Mommy Willa.

Planning for Family Getaway

2011-01-25T22:57:00.002+08:00

My kids are so fascinated with wild animals and been pestering me to go to the zoo. I hope coming weekend we'll be free from all work related schedule so we can spend the day the kids way. Anyway, while watching Discovery Channel tonight, my kids saw whats on TV and its all about Tanzania safaris. We have been planning for a family getaway and that is the first on the list.

This is one way of connecting my kids to mother nature and animals..

Blogspot Templates

2011-01-25T22:17:00.000+08:00

Today is one lucky day. I was busy tweaking my food blog when I came across my green / recycling blog. I was surprised to see that I got PR 1. Now my blog is getting popular lol.. :)

I could still remember when I started this blog with blogspot templates. Then after a few months of reading other blogs, I decided to buy the domain from Blogger direct and got a free blogspot templates. I was so happy with the come out of the design. Its perfect for my niche especially if I received lovely comments from my friends.

Airtight Bags

2011-01-19T15:31:00.001+08:00

I know its been quite a while since I last posted here. I have been very busy in the real business world as we have imported several 40 footer containers of recyclable materials to sort in our sorting facility and re-export these to other countries either China or Indonesia. These are the two countries that we currently focus on export as we have our own people who could help in business dealings.

We previously imported mixed scrap plastics / post consumer scrap from Europe. We then sorted all the scrap in the warehouse and found out that there are different kinds of plastic. As these are post consumer plastic scraps, some would arrive with even stinky food residue but still fully sealed by anylock sealing rods.

The procedure of waste collection in Germany starts from the household. Each household comes in individual garbage bin for plastic, paper, kitchen waste and glass. These bins are then collected by private companies for proper disposal, send for recycling or other processes. But I am surprised to see how the consumer follows government regulation especially for garbage disposal. For kitchen waste, they would normally package it with anylock bag sealers so the food residue will not decay so fast.

Last year, I was in Germany and bought several bags of anylock slide and store. Its the easiest and simplest way to store food in the refrigerator. You just have to put in a airlock bags, fold the upper portion, push the bag sealers towards the end and bingo food is preserve longer as it is airtight. In using bags, you can store more items in the freezer as it doesn't eat so much space.

Benefits of Jackfruit

2010-12-27T20:23:00.002+08:00

Jackfruit or locally known as "nangka" or "langka" is the favorite fruit and dessert for Filipinos like me.

According the Department of Agriculture, Jackfruit is one of the most widely grown fruit crops in the Philippines. It was reported that this fruit is one of the famous in the world because it produces the largest edible fruit that weighs as much as 50kg.

Artocarpus heterophyllius (scientific name)

Health Benefits of Jackfruit (Source: http://hubpages.com/hub/Health-Benefits-of-Jackfruit)

•An excellent energy food with only a small amount of fat.

•Helps prevent and treat tension and nervousness.

•Helps in obesity.

•Helps prevent constipation.

•Helps cure ulcers and indigestion.

•Helps to lower blood pressure because of its high potassium content.

•Jackfruit is rich in phytonutrients that can fight cancer and slow down degeneration of cells that can lead to degenerative diseases.

•Jackfruit is a good source of Vitamin C.

•The jackfruit root is a remedy for skin diseases and asthma. An extract of the root is taken in cases of fever and diarrhea.

•Jackfruit provides a good supply of proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins.

PS: Did you know that Cebuanos use the wood of the jackfruit tree in making excellent guitars and ukeleles?

Handmade Gift From My Son

2010-12-27T14:19:00.000+08:00

I had a wonderful and priceless gift from my son Christoph which I received a few days before school holidays.

The handwritten message of my son. So sweet.. its timeless!

Inside the package is pastillas made by the kids themselves.

And the Christmas card design by Christoph. Its so cute!

Kudos to his Teacher Gigay who initiated this school project. My heart was jumping in joy when I received this from him, his daddy fetched them from school and sent him to the office. I was so happy receiving a special gift.. priceless!! Timeless!!

Going Wordpress

2010-12-24T14:08:00.000+08:00

I have been contemplating real hard whether to stay in Blogger or go to Wordpress. I have several blogger friends who are shifting to Wordpress and I must admit I am a little bit tempted to do the same. I would probably try one blog first, and thinking to go Wordpress for this blog - The Green Mommy.

But surely, I will not leave Blogger completely as I find it easier to use and besides, I love Blogger. I started here and will always be part here.

I already contacted a mommy blogger about this and waiting for her answer.

A Flower for Mellow Yellow Monday

2010-12-21T16:25:00.000+08:00

This is my first entry for Mellow Yellow Monday from this blog.

A beautiful gumamela flower inside a stone container with water. A side decor at a fab resort in Morong, Bataan - Anvaya Cove. Have you been there?

We recently went there to take a photo of the property, after that we headed to the clubhouse for lunch.

On Cleaning Floors

2010-12-17T22:41:00.001+08:00

Time flies so fast and I cant believe that we are leaving soon for Dumaguete, my hubby's home place. We will be visiting his family for Christmas but we will be back before New Year.

When I came home today, our house helper complained about our current floor mop. Its a pity as I bought it only a month ago at the nearby supermarker. I looked at it and indeed the wear and tear is very visible.

Good enough that hubby remembered an exhibitor selling Bissell Steam Mop at the recently held exhibit at the SMX Convention Center. Luckily I took one of their namecard and some flyers. I will surely give them a call when we come back from our holiday.

While we were at their booth, they showed us the product, explained a bit. Hubby pressed my hand as a sign to leave the booth. As soon as I walked away, the staff asked me to try it and so having no choice, I did it and then and there, I was fascinated by how easy it is to maneuver, light weight and so easy to pack. What is special about this is its cleaning head can turn 360 degrees so it is easy to reach the difficult part of the house.

But what fascinates me more is that, the main component in cleaning is to only use water. We dont need to use any harm cleaning chemicals so it is very good for the environment. And what is good for the environment is also good for my family.

After reading several steam mop reviews, this is surely on top of my buying list early next year.