How to extend the life of your toner cartridges

Written by Paula Carnogoy & Wanda Sowden


A toner cartridge is an expensive piece of equipment so you will want it to last as long as possible. There are a couple of things you can do to extendrepparttar life of your toner cartridge which will inevitably save you money. One ofrepparttar 103744 easiest ways to make your toner cartridge last longer is to adjust your printer settings. If you are using Windows go to Start and select Settings and then Printers and Faxes. This will vary depending on which version of Windows you are using but you should also be able to find it by searching around your Control Panel. Right click on your printer and select Printer Preferences. Again this will vary depending on your version of Windows. Once you have foundrepparttar 103745 printer preferences section, you will need to look for an option to print usingrepparttar 103746 ‘draft’ option. Using draft will reducerepparttar 103747 quality of your print but onrepparttar 103748 other hand it will save on toner which will extendrepparttar 103749 life of your toner cartridge. Depending onrepparttar 103750 type of business you are running, you probably will find that printing in draft is quite sufficient for most print jobs.

CEO's Discuss Incentive Compensation

Written by Al Weide


The following arerepparttar highlights ofrepparttar 103743 Executive Briefing on Incentive Compensation for Small to Mid Sized Companies

James Kaitz, CEO of The Association For Financial Professionals shared that his organization has exceeded their annual targets using an incentive plan and described howrepparttar 103744 plan has encouraged teamwork through shared goals.

"At AFP,repparttar 103745 CEO's objectives, as set byrepparttar 103746 Board of Directors, are published and known by all employees," said Kaitz. "We were very excited whenrepparttar 103747 employees voted - on their own- to post their goals onrepparttar 103748 intranet. It was a great step.

Everyone can see everyone else's goals so it encourages better goals - no one wants to be seen as having "weak" goals."

Their plan has three major organizational objectives that establishrepparttar 103749 incentive pool level, and then performance against individual goals determinesrepparttar 103750 specific award each employee receives. All employees have performance goals, usually 3 to 5 goals each.

"Each yearrepparttar 103751 goal setting process gets easier. These are bottom up goals that are oriented towardrepparttar 103752 CEO's objectives andrepparttar 103753 core values ofrepparttar 103754 organization. They are all consolidated and ultimately reviewed by senior management. This process is taking less time each year. A really great outcome of this process is that employees begin to realize that to be successful, they have to work with other people, which has lead to an increased number of shared goals," explained Jim Kaitz. "Our results inrepparttar 103755 incentive plan have exceeded my expectations."

Dr. Laurence McCarthy, Chairman of Focus Technologies, Inc., described how his scientists and employees are gettingrepparttar 103756 right results and making a profit in a tough market. He describedrepparttar 103757 evolution of Focus andrepparttar 103758 challengesrepparttar 103759 organization faced over time anrepparttar 103760 associated concerns in designing incentive plans. Focus was formed around a 1988 acquisition of a small privately held company located inrepparttar 103761 West. A change in culture was needed afterrepparttar 103762 acquisition "Sales people were hated because new sales meant more work!" A lost has changed since then. Initiallyrepparttar 103763 incentive plan forrepparttar 103764 Western location was mainly tied to sales revenue, but overrepparttar 103765 past two years has been broadened to include quality and cost-based metrics. An Eastern location was established in 1994 to develop an online database and value-added laboratory services to pharmaceutical companies engaged inrepparttar 103766 development of anti-infective drugs. Incentive compensation for this group was, until recently, focused on sales growth and market penetration. Cost management and profit goals now are a part of this organization’s incentives. "Our growth has been 15% per year and our success has been due torepparttar 103767 efforts of our gifted employees who have responded torepparttar 103768 changes in strategies needed sustainrepparttar 103769 company’s growth," said Dr. McCarthy.

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