OT: Starting my own computer business

Jason Carson jay-ttDcVxANFaNM656bX5wj8A at public.gmane.org
Mon Apr 23 23:53:46 UTC 2007


> Jason Carson wrote:
>> I am starting up my own computer business. What do you call the paper
>> that
>> makes a carbon copy (1 for the customer and 1 for me). So I can write
>> down
>> the bill at the customers house after doing the repair/upgrade. Where
>> can
>> I get this?
>>
> Essentially you want a multi-part pad, that's wither for work-orders
> (for services) or invoices (for hard goods).
>
> You can get pads like this that either use carbon paper (there's a
> single sheet that you keep moving down, between the original and the
> copy-to-be). However, there's also a concept of "carbonless" multipart
> forms, that use special paper on each original.
>
> Carbonless forms are more convenient and much easier to find these days,
> but they're messier and worse for the environment because they can't be
> recycled.
>
> One source I've worked with before is NEBS, that can custom print your
> company name on the invoices for that little touch of stability.
> http://www.nebs.ca/canEcat/products/categories/forms.jsp
>
> Another forms company is Blueline, whose stuff is sold everywhere from
> Staples to WalMart:
> http://www.bluelineinc.com/vw/fs/p014.htm
>
>
> (Of course, if you really want to impress people you would eventually
> custom-print your own forms, using a laptop and a portable printer. That
> way you can download the work info directly into your accounting system
> (and sooner or later, you _will_ have an accounting system if you're
> serious about this...)

Is there any software you would recommend for this?


> HTH,
>
> Evan
>
>
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