12. Aug.
-Ne-am cumparat o casa noua in Canada . Sunt foarte
emotionat.
Aici e atat de frumos. Muntii sunt de o splendoare
nedescrisa. Abia astept sa ii vad acoperiti de zapada.
14. Oct.
- Canada . E cea mai frumoasa tara de pe Pamant.
Frunzele au primit toate acele minunate nuante de
culoare galbena si portocalie. M-am plimbat cu masina
prin natura si am vazut cativa cerbi. Sunt atat de
gratiosi. Cerbii sunt cele mai frumoase animale. Cred
ca am ajuns in paradis. Iubesc Canada .
11. Nov.
-Ziua sarbatorii nationale. In curand incepe
vanatoarea cerbilor. Nu imi vine sa cred ca cineva
poate sa ucida un animal atat de frumos. Sper ca va
ninge in curand. E atat de frumos aici.
2. Dec.
-Azi noapte a nins pentru prima oara. M-am sculat si
am vazut ca este alb peste tot ca in cele mai frumoase
vederi. Am iesit afara, am curatat in fata casei si
apoi ne-am batut cu bulgari de zapada (eu am
castigat). Cand a trecut masina de curatat zapada am
curatat din nou in fata curtii. Tara deosebita! Iubesc
Canada !
12. Dec.
-Azi noapte a nins iarasi. Masina a curatat zapada din
nou. Ne-a blocat intrarea in curte. Aici e splendid.
19. Dec.
-Azi noapte a nins iarasi. N-am putut sa scot masina
sa merg la lucru. Aici e intr-adevar foarte frumos
numai ca sunt obosit de curatat zapada (lopatarie).
Din nou masina aia blestemata.
22.Dec.
-Cacatul asta alb nu s-a oprit toata noaptea. Am
bataturi la maini de la lopata si ma doare spatele.
Aceasta maimuta cu masina parca se ascunde dupa colt
si numai asteapta sa termin de curatat in fata curtii.
La naiba.
25. Dec.
-Craciun Fericit pe naiba. A nins din nou zapada asta
nenorocita. Daca
il prind pe obsedatul ala cu masina il omor. De ce nu
arunca mai multa sare (pt. topit zapada)
pe sosele.
27. Dec.
-Azi noapte iarasi zapada. Nu ies de trei zile din
casa doar ca dau cu lopata intr-una dupa ce trece
masina. Nu pot pleca nicaieri, auto este blocat sub un
deal de zapada si mai e si foarte frig pe deasupra. Au
spus ca la noapte va mai cadea inca 30 cm de cacatul
asta de zapada.
28. Dec.
-Prognoza a fost proasta. S-au mai depus 50 cm nu 30
cm. Daca se continua asa nu se va topi pana la vara.
Masina de curatat a ramas blocata si maimutoiul a
venit la mine sa imi ceara lopata. I-am spus ca am
rupt deja 6 curatand rahatul ce mi l-a aruncat in fata
curtii. Era cat pe ce sa ii dau in cap cu lopata.
4. Jan.
-Am iesit din casa in sfarsit. M-am dus pana la
alimentara sa cumpar de mancare si la intoarcere am
lovit un cerb. Auto avariat in valoare de $3000.
Bestiile de cerbi trebuie omorate. Sunt peste tot. De
ce oare nu i-au omorat vanatorii toamna trecuta?
3. Mai
-Am dus masina la mecanic. Incredibil cat de mult a
ruginit de la sarea aia nenorocita care se arunca
peste tot, tot timpul iernii ca sa topeasca zapada si
tot degeaba.
10. Mai
-Ma mut inapoi in Romania . Nu imi pot imagina cum
cineva normal poate trai in Canada asta!!!!!!!
Jurnalul unui emigrant - intoarcerea in tara :
8 Dec.
Aterizez pe frumosul Otopeni. Nici nu ies bine ca
sunt inconjurat de co-nationali romi-romani care imi
smulg bagajele din mana: "Lasa-ma boierule sa te ajut
la masina". Vai ce primitoare tara ! Imi dau
lacrimile! Nu am lei asa ca le dau dolari. Cu
siguranta privatizarea in Romania e pe cale buna.
15 Dec.
Nici urma de zapada! Cald si bine! Umblu in
canadiana (sic) subtire! Ca iubitor de animale, aici e
pentru mine: un grup de 10 caini ma inconjoara de
fiecare data cand ies din bloc si ma conduc spre
tramvai (adevarul e ca ma cam fugaresc). Nu mai duc
viata sedentara din Canada cand ma urcam imediat in
masina din garajul subteran. Ce era sa fac! Tentatia
era mare caci benzina era mult mai ieftina! Sunt
fericit ca m-am intors! Cel mai bun pas facut in
viata! Imi caut un apartament!
31 Dec.
Aproape am uitat cum arata zapada! Ce frumos e!
Maine e Anul Nou! Am facut aceleasi aprovizionari ca
in Canada dar m-a costat dublu! Ce bine ca am strans
destui bani in Canada !!! Inca mai stau cu restul
familiei intr-un apartament de 2 camere. In Canada I
se spunea "one bedroom apartment" dar aici nu avem
incotro si folosim si sufrageria ca dormitor! E
sublim! Cu totii ne simtim asa aproape unii de altii
(si la propriu si la figurat)!
3 Ian.
Gata! E cazul sa-mi caut de lucru. Bine ca e soare
afara si chiar stam cu geamu-rile deschise caci
termostatul termocentralei si-a pus in gand sa ne
usuce ca pe mumii! Aici nu-ti poti regla caldura dupa
voie. Ce dor imi era de transportul in comun!
Aproape uitasem de mirosurile imbietoare! Noroc cu
cainii caci am prins si eu tramvaiul! Noroc ca l-am
prins si am scapat de caini dar ghinion ca m-am urcat
caci am fost jefuit in aglomeratie. Parca era mai bine
cu masina!
9 Ian.
Mi-am gasit un servici cu 400$. Pe langa media de
150$, sunt meserias! Nu gasesc nimic de inchiriat.
Chiriile sunt scumpe, mancarea e scumpa, telefonul ma
usuca iar benzina tocmai s-a scumpit! Dar ce-mi pasa
mie caci oricum nu mai am masina! De doua zile nu mai
avem nici apa calda nici rece. Cica e seceta! Mai bine
ningea cand trebuia sau se luau masuri cand s-a
anuntat seceta!
3 Febr.
Mi-am luat masina si sunt fericit! A trebuit sa
caut in dictionar cuvantul "spaga" si l-am gasit ca
slang. Inseamna tip or gratuity cu diferenta ca aici
nu poti obtine nimic fara asa ceva. Cred ca toate
spagile la un loc fac cat � din masina. Nu mai
mentionez lupta pentru inregistrarea masinii si
nenumaratele birouri la care a trebuit sa ma duc cu
tramvaiul. Nu a fost o idee buna cu masina caci
benzina iar s-a scumpit. Parca si in Canada fluctua
pretul dar si in jos nu numai in sus!
10 Martie
Azi a plouat in sfarsit! Mi-am schimbat deja
amortizoarele la masina din cauza strazilor. Apa
acopera gaurile si nu ai cum sa le ocolesti. Nu exista
canalizare! Ba da, caci am vazut o tanti luand apa
dintr-o balta cu cana si o punea intr-o galeata! Asta
da privatizare! Cam ineficienta, e adevarat, dar sa
mai zica Vestul ca nu avem initiative! Am calcat
intr-o groapa si cred ca mi-am rupt glezna. M-am urcat
in masina si, pentru ca nu e automata am apasat pe
ambreiaj cu umbrela. M-am indreptat spre Urgenta
urmarind o Salvare care, la un moment dat si-a deschis
usile si a dat drumul la un om sa cada pe strada.
Nimeni nu a bagat de seama. Am ajuns la urgenta de
unde a trebuit sa fug la farmacie sa-mi cumpar
radiografii, bandaje si un sac de ghips. A inceput sa
arate cam lugubru pe aici.
9 Apr.
Inca nu pot merge la servici din cauza gleznei asa
ca imi voi deschide un business de acasa! Nu se poate
caci imi trebuie prea multe hartii care se obtin de la
5 birouri localizate in 5 cartiere diferite. Nu am cum
sa o fac prin internet ca in Canada! Da noroc ca am
masina! Stiam eu ca nu am luat-o de pomana!
10 Apr.
Ma uit pe geam la masina mea din fata blocului si
observ ca arata cam ciudat. Cobor si constat ca era
schioapa de o roata si oarba de oglinzile retrovizoare
si violata la portbagaj. Chem militia (pardon,
politia) si ii astept in statia de tramvai caci nu
aveau benzina pentru masinile lor recent
achizitionate. Voi vinde masina!
1 Mai
Cald afara iar in casa si mai cald. Acum nici nu
pot deschide geamurile caci la coltul blocului e un
caine mort intrat in putrefactie de aproape o
saptamana care miroase rau si nimeni nu il ia. In
schimb, masina mi-a disparut aproape complet. Numai
caroseria mai sta marturie a ceea ce a fost odata
"masina mea". Daca stiam, bagam cainele putrezit in ea
si poate disparea si el! Trebuie sa fi venit Primavara
in Canada! Maine imi iau bilet.
2 Mai
Am incercat sa-mi iau bilet dar cel mai curand e
pe 15 Iunie 2001. Doamne, cati Romani pleaca! Ii
inteleg.
13 Iun.
Imi dau seama ca ACASA e acum Canada unde e zapada
cand trebuie sa fie zapada, unde e soare cand trebuie
sa fie soare, unde imi pot lasa masina deschisa si cu
cheile in ea pe strada, unde caini gasesti doar de
cumparat sau pe gratis de la magazine, unde nu sunt
injurat pe strada, unde nu sunt gropi sa-mi rup
picioarele, unde imi pot controla temperatura in casa,
unde am aer conditionat, unde vanzatoarele au placerea
de a ma servi si nu bunavointa de a-mi face un
serviciu, unde soarele se reflecta in geamurile
zgarie-norilor si nu in gunoaiele de pe strada, unde
"spaga" nu exista decat printre grupurile de emranti
care vor sa transforme Canada in Romania, China,
Uganda, unde lumea iti spune "Yes, please", "No,
please" si "Excuse me" in loc de "Da nu vezi, de ce
mai intrebi?", "Nu ba!" si "Uita-te ba pe unde mergi
bai ochelaristule", unde in caz de urgenta sosesc
politia (in masini), pompierii si salvarea in acelasi
timp. Poate nici Canada nu e perfecta dar macar acolo
mai sunt inca oameni care lupta
pentru acest lucru.
1 Dec.
E clar ca toate greselile se platesc! Nu am
realizat ca am depasit cele 6 luni cat aveam dreptul
sa stau in afara Canadei si prin urmare mi s-a refuzat
intrarea.
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Laser printers
Laser printers provide the highest-quality text and images available today. They are ideal for small businesses and home offices, and there are even some reliable low-cost models that are perfect for everyday printing in your home or home office. This guide will help you decide which laser printer is right for you.
Which laser printer you choose will depend not only on how much you're willing to spend, but also on your particular requirements for print quality, speed, and special features. Here are some logical ways to narrow your choices.
Advantages of HP LaserJet printers If you are looking for a personal-desktop or home-office workhorse, consider purchasing an HP LaserJet printer. These machines are designed for the long haul. They can turn out a high volume of pages per month at fantastic speeds, and they are capable of producing extremely high-quality text and graphics (including color). Plus, they are easy to set up and use.
Resolution and color.
The standard resolution in most laser printers today is 1,200 dots per inch (DPI). This is well-suited for everyday printing, including small desktop publishing jobs. (A high-end production printer might have a resolution of 2,400 DPI.) And don't think laser means only black and white: HP offers full-color laser printers that produce crisp text, bold graphics, and vivid pictures.
Speed
Lasers still hold the high ground in terms of speed: You can get full-color results as fast as 17 pages per minute (PPM), and black-and-white output as fast as 25 PPM (or 45 PPM on high-performance machines!). But when it comes to actual printing, laser printers may take a little while to warm up. When a laser printer receives data from a computer, it takes 5 to 30 seconds to prepare the printer. This is in addition to the time it takes to actually print the document. When the printer is turned on, it needs time to warm up the fuser to operating temperature. If the printer has a standby mode or is turned off between printing jobs, the warm-up time becomes even more important. To reduce waiting time, look for a laser printer that has "instant-on" fusers, which are designed to reduce warm-up time. An instant-on fuser can deliver the first page in 15 seconds!
Paper handling, size, and capacity.
Paper handling is important when shopping for a laser printer. Most laser printers use letter-size, cut-sheet paper. Additional paper trays or feeders can be added to increase the capacity or variety of media. High-end production printers use continuous-feed paper.
Laser printers can print on a variety of papers sizes, types, and weights, such as transparencies, labels, and card stock. They can also handle non-traditional media like envelopes. But be aware that many specialty papers, such as iron-on transfers, are not suitable for laser printers, because the heat used in the transfer process can damage the paper and gum up your printer.
A laser printer with duplex printing can print on one side of the paper, then turn the paper over and print on the other side. Most laser printers, however, use the simpler manual duplex printing.
Laser printers work by shooting a laser at a rotating drum. Where the laser hits the drum, it magnetizes it, and the drum passes over some microscopic ink-dust; which gets picked up in the magnetized areas. As the drum keeps rotating a piece of paper is passed by, and underneath is an even stronger magnetic attraction, which causes the dust to jump from the drum to the paper. The paper passes by a hot "fuser" which basically melts or bonds the ink-dust into the paper.
Now laser and ink-jet printers each have different advantages and disadvantages, that can help you decide which you want to buy.
The advantage to laser printers is that they can be very fast (do many pages quickly), and they use a dry toner (ink-dust). Once the ink is fused to the paper, it doesn't fade or rub off. Toner is usually cheaper for how many copies you get out of it; but more expensive overall, just you replace it much less often.
The disadvantage is that most of them are black and white, and they tend to be bigger and more expensive. There are some color laser printers, but they tend to be even more expensive, and so most individuals don't buy them yet; being more for businesses.
Inkjet Specialty Paper
First of all, Inkjet Specialty Papers are the smooth surfaced papers whose a specially formulated coating makes an ideal platform to absorb and to fix the inks that are jetted from the inkjet printer for high quality, full color printing.
Throughout the course of ink-jet development, ink chemists and media engineers realized that when a liquid ink droplet contacts the surface of paper, it tends to spread along paper fiber lines as well as penetrate into paper sizing and voids. The spreading of ink droplets is often too excessive and too irregular to maintain the resolution required. The penetration of ink into the paper is often too slow to absorb multiple ink drops on the same spot within very short time intervals. The poor color image quality due to ink spreading and intercolor bleeding is recognized as the critical issue in the development of ink-jet technology.
To obtain a high-quality color ink-jet image, the surface of the media requires a special coating. And this's why many vendors offer customers High Quality Inkjet Papers and have a know-how in Inkjet technology by leading the consumable market with professional chemistry. By the way, the special ink-jet-coated media must balance between many design parameters such as drop volume, evaporation rate, penetration rate, coating thickness, etc. Today, because of the popularity of color ink-jet printers, the markets demand for better media such as ink-jet glossy and photo media is more significant.
How do laser printers work?
Laser Printers employ a laser beam to create an image on a drum. The light of the laser changes the electrical charge in the drum wherever it gets hit. Then, the drum is rolled onto a reservoir of toner, which is picked up by the altered portions of the drum. Consequently, the toner is being transferred to the paper by an amalgamation of heat and pressure, in the same way a photocopier operates.
Since an entire page is carried over to a drum prior to the toner application, laser printers called page printers. There are also two additional types of page printers that come into the category of laser printers, even though they do not use lasers .One uses bundles of LED's to expose the drum, then the other employs LCD's. However, both of them function like a real laser printer once the drum is charged.
One of the distinguishing features of laser printers is their resolution. The ready resolutions extent from 300 dpi (dots per inch) at the bottom end to 1,200 dpi at the top end. If you compare, offset printing normally prints at 1,200 or 2,400 dpi. Some laser printers achieve higher resolutions with distinguish techniques generally known as resolution enhancement.
A standard monochrome laser printer employs a single toner, whereas colour laser printers use four toners to print in full colour. Colour laser printers are generally about five to ten times more expensive than their monochrome siblings.
Laser printers create high-quality prints and are capable of printing an almost unlimited variety of fonts. Most laser printers have a basic set of fonts, they are called internal or resident fonts, however additional fonts can be added in more ways.
Laser printers are very able when it comes to printing graphics. However, one needs good amount of memory in the printer to print high-resolution graphics.
Since, laser printers are non-impact printers, they proved to be much quieter than dot-matrix. They are faster, although sometimes not as fast as some dot-matrix printers.
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