subject: Equipping Your Home Business Office [print this page] If you are planning to work for a company, the chances are that your office will be set up and equipped for you. Even if you are preparing to occupy a fairly high up position in the firm, you can be sure that others who have been there a long time and know the ropes will sort everything out for you.
However if you are setting up a business for yourself at home, everything lies squarely on your shoulders. There are the obvious furniture items that you are going to have to buy, such as a desk, a comfortable chair, probably a filing cabinet, and then a whole variety of technical equipment that you will certainly need. It goes without saying that you will need some sort of telephone service; very likely a landline, and perhaps a mobile phone, or a cell phone, an iphone or an ipad. Some sort of verbal communication with the outside world is almost impossible to be without.
You are most likely going to need a computer with an internet connection. You may decide on a laptop if you travel or move around, or a desk top may be quite adequate for your needs. It is hardly possible for you to be without a printer. Even if most of your work is online, from time to time you will need to print out letters or perhaps an eBook or article that you would like to peruse in the comfort of an armchair. Sometimes it can be quite tiring to sit in the same place all day and read everything off the screen.
Generally a laser printer works out to be the cheapest option to print large number of pages. However, some people who work at home at some stage need really high quality prints, whether for their business, or for family use. Perhaps you need to print glossy fliers, photographs or greetings cards, or perhaps gift calendars. These things are part of every home, and even more so if your home is also your office. So you may need an ink jet printer as well. Depending on the volume of work and the type of work you do, you could find a Photostat machine essential, or at least a document scanner. Most offices and many homes make constant use of a fax machine.
When you prepare to buy the office equipment you need, dont just walk into the first store you come to. There are sometimes huge price differences, as well as variations in quality and brand.
You do need to search around. Some office equipment and appliance companies offer hard-to-beat deals on printing supplies, ink refills, spares, computer accessories and toner. If you develop a good relationship with them and like their products, you may even be able to do all your initial shopping for the large office items, such as computers, printers, etc. with them. If you are happy with their service and products and prices, you will probably keep going back to the same place to stock up on all your printing supplies and accessories.
by: mike carter
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