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<p class="MsoNormal">We also use pre-printed letterhead and envelopes. I like some color, personally. I believe clients often take notice of these little details, and it makes a nice, professional first impression.
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10115 Greenwood Avenue N., PMB #275<br>
Seattle, Washington 98133<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Call me old fashioned, but I still have pre-printed color letterhead and envelopes. We have one squeaky color printer for when that is helpful (printing emailed Letters T, etc).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As a solo attorney, I have done many wonderful things to keep costs in check for the last 8 years - one of which was my printer selection. Only having a black and white option. Sadly, that printer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The cost to replace with a color printer is just about double the cost to get a black and white. $800 plus taxes is the model my tech guy is recommending. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My question is this - I have a modest letterhead that has one color and some gradient changes. Every time I print I think back to being at bigger firms where we have boxes and boxes of letter
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you were in this spot - would you spring for the color or stay with black and white and admit that it is purely just ego - that the color of one's physical copy letters does not mean anything. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
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