Summer may be winding down, but now may be the perfect time to buy a desktop fan for your home or office; there are great deals to be had on a wide variety of fans on Office-Supplies.us.com, and we’ll show you some of the best right here so you can have one ready for the rest of this summer and those to come!

If you’re thinking that there is no difference between two particular fans and that as long as you have one you’re covered, you may want to think again. There are lots of features and attributes about a better fan that you might be interested in and enjoy. For instance, the ability to control a fan with a remote control, have several speed settings, a fan that makes less noise, or even one with built-in air filter. Check out some of these options from Office-Supplies.us.com and think about… Read More

Perhaps one of the most important and useful back to school buys for a student this year could be a multi-function printer that will take care of printing, scanning, and copying – everything they might need in order to produce great looking school assignments, presentations, and more. Given that there are a lot of choices, we thought we’d point you in the right direction in terms of what you should be looking for in terms of a capable and affordable printer for school, as well as give some specific recommendations.

First thing’s first: decide what kind of printer you want to get. For school-bound people, whether kindergarten or college aged, our recommendation would be to go with an inkjet printer due to their low cost and the fact that you can get very nice color printing in addition to scanning and copying, whereas a laser printer that can do the… Read More

Anyone who has traveled to a trade show conference can tell you that it can be a big hassle having to carry around catalogs, collateral, and other marketing materials, especially in a backpack or briefcase. Given the hassle, one great solution is to grab one of the catalog cases we have on Office-Supplies.us.com.

We have a huge selection of catalog and computer cases that are perfect for trade show trips, for carrying flyers, handouts, business cards, and all kinds of materials for presentations and marketing efforts. We have quality cases from companies like Stebco, Sparco, Samsonite, Bond, and more. Many of these models come with a convenient extending handle and wheels, making them easy to cart around the show floor or conference room, not to mention the airport!

Depending on what style you’re looking for, were sure to have something that will work. We have catalog cases in black leather,… Read More

I don’t know about all of you, but when I need to motivate myself to get re-organized, my first step is to get new folders and filing accessories. Once I have the supplies, I get all kinds of energy and actually take pleasure in sorting and filing all of my records, bills, forms, etc so they will be easier to find and protected from damage (or accidental trashing!). Office-Supplies.us.com has all of the filing accessories you need to reorganize yourself, whether it’s for your home or business, and with our great prices, you can certainly save money over going to a brick and mortar office supply store.

File Backs, Dividers, Tabs

The first step in devising a new filing system is to decide on the size and type of folders and dividers you want to use. We have folders and dividers of all types, from your basic company file folders… Read More

Nothing, and I mean nothing, gets the ideas flowing in a meeting like having a big white dry-erase board where thoughts can be noted down, pictures and diagrams drawn, and the brainstorming process can take shape. WIth all the technology today’s business community uses to facilitate meetings and conferences, sometimes lost in the shuffle is the immense value something as pure as a simple white marker board adds to the creative and analytic processes.

At Office-Supplies.us.com, we have you covered, with dry-erase boards of all sizes, from companies like Sparco, Balt, Quartet, and 3M. We have models with different trims, from simple aluminum to the more classy mahogany, so this bastion of free flowing thought will fit into any conference room or office. Some are even magnetic so that posters and flyers can be conveniently fastened to their surface for use as a visual aid or example. These quality… Read More

Compact refrigerators, referred to by many as “mini fridges” are a convenient way to keep cold food and beverages in any room and save the time and hassle of going to a larger refrigerator in the house, or, in the case of many offices, not be able to keep anything cold at all. Many office employees resort to making a trip to a gas station or fast food establishment in order to get cold drinks and lunch because their employers do not have a refrigerator on hand to keep things cold and fresh throughout the day. Buying a compact fridge is one of the best ways around this problem, and luckily, with the great deals at Office-Supplies.us.com, it’s an affordable one.

Office-Supplies.us.com has several compact refrigerator models available for you to choose from – all from a trusted name: Sanyo. We have mini fridges in varying sizes and capacities, from… Read More

If you’re producing your own documents, manuals, or reports, whether at the workplace or from a home office, one of the things that is most useful to have around is an electric hole punch.

Have you ever tried to use a traditional hole punch on a stack of paper more than 10 or 20 sheets thick? It can be quite aggravating to have some of the papers get punched and others not, requiring a second round of punching for those that were missed. Even worse is when some get half punched and tearing off the hanging pieces leaves the edges frayed or ripped. Perhaps it’s not quite so bad most of the time, but certainly being able to slide the papers in and have them be automatically and powerfully punched is certainly preferable to the struggle just described.

If you want to forgo that hassle, you can do so with… Read More

Most of us wish we had more space on our desks, whether it’s to make room for more files, office supplies, books, or anything else. If you aren’t lucky enough to have a lot of room on (or in) your desk or cubicle, you can make more room by adding desk shelves. Just like the desktop organizers we talked about last week, desktop shelves are a great way to get get more space and organize your things.

Office-Supplies.us.com has several options available for desktop shelves. We carry these black mesh shelves by Rolodex for use as inboxes, outboxes, or just paper shelves. They stack three shelves high, expanding your available space while only taking up a space of only 12.5″ x 9.25″. Because they are black mesh, they match any style desk, and are sleek and elegant.

Another option is off-surface or off-desk shelves that can help store or stack… Read More

Do you have a budding artist in the family? A little one who wants to draw and color on everything flat? Feed their artistic tendencies (and save your walls and furniture) by providing sketch pads and drawing pads that they can draw all over – without the need for serious cleaning supplies. Office-Supplies.us.com has all kinds of drawing pads and sketch paper, in all sizes and weights for anything from toddlers with crayons, to art students and serious art professionals.

For pencil, charcoal, and pen sketching, Office-Supplies.us.com has a selection of classic Academie sketch pads from Mead. They come in varying sizes, like 6″x9″, 8.5″x11″ (letter), and 9″x12″. The paper is standard 50lb – perfect for a variety of dry mediums. We also have larger Strathmore Drawing Paper and Pads, in sizes like 11″x14″ with weights up to 70lb. We also have plenty of options from companies like Elmer, Pacon,… Read More

Everyone remembers participating in a Science Fair as a child, having to conduct some kind of experiment (likely including a papier-mâché volcano) and using glue sticks to fasten crudely crayon-drawn charts and illustrations to a big white display board for everyone to see. Even if it wasn’t the science fair, maybe it was some other school project or presentation, a report on one of the 50 states, or on Custer’s last stand, that required you to use one of these huge display boards of some size and color combination.

The fact is, that just as we all had to use them, so too do the students of today. Technology has made inroads into education to be sure, but the use of display boards for school projects and presentations will probably never be phased out, especially in the younger years, before students can be expected to make a web-based Flash presentation.… Read More