<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Greg, Tom, I've been looking for portable printers as well. Just bought a portable HP 450ci this morning from TigerDirect.com. It was $99.99 + shipping. It's a open box/refurb, but should be fine. You can also find good prices on ebay.com. New ones cost $249.99. John Formsma Greg Newell wrote: <blockquote cite="mid6.2.1.2.0.20051215081710.01e46938@pop.ameritech.yahoo.com" type="cite">Tom, <x-tab>        </x-tab>I'd be interested to know which "portable" printer you end up with. Greg Newell At 12:58 AM 12/15/2005, you wrote: <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""> Terry, First I'm no computer geek. I did like PTBiz on several platforms, one being the work order for each customer. The other using that as an invoice. But I have my own invoices, so that feature doesn't do anything for my way of doing business. As far as directions, information for the day, etc, I print out the day's work schedule on an 8x 11 sheet and that gets put on a suctioned cup mini clipboard which hangs on my windshield. Everything for that is at a glance. Then as a backup I have the Pocket PC for any further information. As far as directions, T&C has a nice feature where you can assign blocks for directions, phone numbers, email, etc. I always assign for directions, then simply cut and paste onto the scheduled time. And as far as printing up invoices, which I like the idea very much, I'm looking into an portable printer which can accept a beam from the pocket pc and print invoices. I still convinced more and more that T&C has got it right...keep it simple and extremely flexible.  After 2 yrs of doing basic tweaking in, I have nice functioning system which, so far, has been incredibly fun to work with. Tom Servinsky <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- </dd> <dd>From: <a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</a> </dd> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a> </dd> <dd>Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:29 AM </dd> <dd>Subject: Re: Piano Service Software </dd> <dd>Tom, </dd> <dd>  </dd> <dd>How does T&C handle some of the desirable features of PBiz - like maintaining a service record for customer's pianos - printing out a work order with driving directions and piano service record - reports of pianos and sales/income - does it keep track of invoices and payment? </dd> <dd>  </dd> <dd>One of the things where PTBiz really helps me is that it will take an appointment (work order) and convert it into an invoice - that needs to be paid. With that feature, once I make an appointment (which I can remember to do), the program will keep track of that appointment through creating the invoice and having the invoice paid. If I had to do that all on my own, I would have failed at this business a long time ago! </dd> <dd>  </dd> <dd>If the bare-bones T&C program doesn't do these things, but your tweaked version does, are you in the business of customizing for other techs? </dd> <dd>  </dd> <dd>I used to be pretty good with computers (DOS days), but I've drifted so far away from tweaking anything computer related - I just want to plug it in and have the darn thing work. Is there any hope? </dd> <dd>  </dd> <dd>Terry Farrell <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- </dd> <dd>Do yourself a favor and go directly to Time & Chaos. You won't pay a fortune for some out-dated software. You'll get a tech service that is out of this world. You'll get one of the most flexible and most use-friendly programs out there. And for less than $100. It also syncs with the Palm devices.  <a href="http://www.chaossoftware.com">www.chaossoftware.com</a> </dd> <dd>I've tweaked my program for the last 3 yrs and finally have running smoothly and effectively. </dd> <dd>Oh...and I'm a recovering PTBIZ user. </dd> <dd>Tom Servinsky </dd> </dl> </dd> </dl> </blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté <a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" eudora="autourl"> mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</a> </blockquote> </body> </html>