I bought a Brother laser printer to cut down on printing costs. Shortly after that I purchased a new toner cartridge for when the old one went low. Well in the middle of a Maritz printing blitz I ran out of toner. The cartridge looks nothing like the old one so now I have no toner in my machine to print. To make it worse I have 13 hours at work today so I can't go pick up a cartridge.

"Maritz printing blitz..."

Okay I'm guessing you're either doing banks or gas stations?

Make up a cheat sheet on Excel.

I have one for the banks. There is one column per shop. The rows are:

ENTERED (I check mark this after I enter each report)
BANK SHOP DONE (I check mark this after I leave the branch)
Type: (ODP or Combo)
Job (Job number)
Address (self explanatory, but add a notation if the branch is inside a grocery store)
Date (Date of physical shop, not the phone call)
Time in
Time out
Offered? (Did they offer the documents)
I asked? (Did I have to ask for them)
Name if not on card? (In case they are new and give you someone else's or a generic business card)
Sat down? (Did you sit down with a banker, as opposed to standing at the teller counter)
Combo only:
Placemat? (Did they use the placemat as a visual aid)
Mention specific? (Did they recommend a specific credit card)
ODP only:
Check box Debit? (Did they go through the brochure and hit all the points)
Check Box ODP? (Ditto)

All the other questions on the report are information you get from the documents themselves, so you don't need to notate that, just enter it on the report.

You can add rows beneath for the points to hit on the phone call for the combo shops; I usually print out only the first page of each shop documentation and use that for the phone call part. This has the address, phone number, and security code for the report and most of the phone call questions are on the first page, except for the "did anything else happen during the phone call?" that you can write in the margin.

If you do a cheat sheet like this you can put ten or more shops across it. Then all you need to print is page one of each shop's documents and one cheat sheet for the whole day's shops. After the shop, put that first page into the brochure folder you got so you know which docs came from which shop (I also handwrite the shop number on the folder right away).

No more printing blitzes. You can make a similar cheat sheet for the gas stations; I rarely do them so I never developed a cheat sheet for those.

Meantime, give your toner cartridge a shake if you haven't already, tap it lightly on a hard surface to shake loose any toner clinging to the inside of the reservoir.

Which model do you have? I have two nearly full toner cartridges I can't use in my 2340 that I'd be glad to send you if you have the 2270W.

I had a Brother Laser Printer but the refills were $250+ for all 4 colors! I eventually gave it to Goodwill, when the drum needed replacement.

Now, I have a Canon Wireless Printer and it does great! Did I mention I got it half price at a major Office Supply Store?-Hint: (They bought out two other major print chains in the last week or two

I've got a Canon sitting here still in a box that I bought for my tax business but haven't used up the toner in my old printer yet. Got some kind of smoking deal on it for Black Friday. I probably should set it up before the warranty runs out, in case it doesn't work, LOL.

I can't blame what I did on my Garmin. I was shopping three banks in the same general area. When I went to bank two, I went through the whole scenario about opening an account. At the end of my shop when I was given the brochure I noticed the name of the bank was the wrong one. The bank was two doors up. This area has old buildings with 30 foot ceilings, easy to miss the name. I didn't loose any money, just time.

I re-read the directions. They are printed smal in four languages. I missed a step and went back and did it right. Got the printer working. I do have access to an injet for backup and color but got the brother when I ran the ink out in one week for intellishop.
I don't do gas stations for Maritz, I do grocery stores and have an excell spreadsheet for that. This blitz is for my first home improvement store shop.

Anyone else who could use those toner cartridges I have, PM me. I could send them to you on a postal shop some day.

@dspeakes wrote:

Anyone else who could use those toner cartridges I have, PM me. I could send them to you on a postal shop some day.

I have the Canon MG5520 Wireless.....what kind did you say you have?

Buy cartridges online! There are generics that fit perfectly, and have as much toner as the name brands. You look them up by the number from your handbook. I bought a pack of three last time, and saved A LOT of $. Everyone have a great day, and get some shops done! Signed, Night Owl (actually during the day).

@SunnyDays2 wrote:

@dspeakes wrote:

Anyone else who could use those toner cartridges I have, PM me. I could send them to you on a postal shop some day.

I have the Canon MG5520 Wireless.....what kind did you say you have?

@dspeakes wrote:

Which model do you have? I have two nearly full toner cartridges I can't use in my 2340 that I'd be glad to send you if you have the 2270W.

We were talking about Brother printers.