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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Why throw away an empty printer ink cartridge when you can fill it for half the price?
Filling ink cartridges is about half of Greg Lee's business at Monument Inkjet, 719 Pitkin Ave., unit 2. He spends the other half of his time mostly repairing computers.
Lee also converts VHS videos to DVD; 8 millimeter films to DVD; and audio cassettes to CDs.
And he teaches basic computer skills to those who stop in and need it.
For $25, computer novices can come in with a list of questions regarding the technology and Lee will help one-on-one for “as long as it takes,” while he tends to an occasional client who comes in, Lee said.
Typical questions involve learning how to install a printer, how to write a letter, learning how to copy and paste, and how to bookmark a page, Lee said.
“Some are so new to (computers), I teach them the vocabulary,” Lee said.
Lee is an A+ certified professional who learned computer skills while working for Hewlett Packard, which sent him to training sessions around the nation.
He opened his own business in 2009, recently moving to a new location next to the Mexican food restaurant Guadalajara Taqueria at the corner of Seventh and Pitkin.
“I like working on just about anything,” Lee said. “I like tinkering with stuff.”
Monument Inkjet is offering a computer tune-up special through December for $35.
Lee has a few homebound clients and occasionally makes home visits to the elderly.
Lee has also been known to give refurbished computers to people in need. People will donate computers to Lee, which he then repairs and resells or gives away.
Profit is not his primary motive, Lee said, and he's “sympathetic to what people are going through” during these economic times.
“It's kind of like a ministry as well,” Lee said. “We want to help people out.”
When a cartridge has reached the end of its usefulness, Lee gives it to Operation Interdependence, a nonprofit that sends letters and care packages to military servicemen and women overseas. The organization raises money by recycling the cartridges.
Old, unusable computers are given to a family who recycles electronics.
Monument Inkjet is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and the first and third Saturday of every month, 1-6 p.m. Monument Inkjet can be reached at 424-5236.
Filling ink cartridges is about half of Greg Lee's business at Monument Inkjet, 719 Pitkin Ave., unit 2. He spends the other half of his time mostly repairing computers.
Lee also converts VHS videos to DVD; 8 millimeter films to DVD; and audio cassettes to CDs.
And he teaches basic computer skills to those who stop in and need it.
For $25, computer novices can come in with a list of questions regarding the technology and Lee will help one-on-one for “as long as it takes,” while he tends to an occasional client who comes in, Lee said.
Typical questions involve learning how to install a printer, how to write a letter, learning how to copy and paste, and how to bookmark a page, Lee said.
“Some are so new to (computers), I teach them the vocabulary,” Lee said.
Lee is an A+ certified professional who learned computer skills while working for Hewlett Packard, which sent him to training sessions around the nation.
He opened his own business in 2009, recently moving to a new location next to the Mexican food restaurant Guadalajara Taqueria at the corner of Seventh and Pitkin.
“I like working on just about anything,” Lee said. “I like tinkering with stuff.”
Monument Inkjet is offering a computer tune-up special through December for $35.
Lee has a few homebound clients and occasionally makes home visits to the elderly.
Lee has also been known to give refurbished computers to people in need. People will donate computers to Lee, which he then repairs and resells or gives away.
Profit is not his primary motive, Lee said, and he's “sympathetic to what people are going through” during these economic times.
“It's kind of like a ministry as well,” Lee said. “We want to help people out.”
When a cartridge has reached the end of its usefulness, Lee gives it to Operation Interdependence, a nonprofit that sends letters and care packages to military servicemen and women overseas. The organization raises money by recycling the cartridges.
Old, unusable computers are given to a family who recycles electronics.
Monument Inkjet is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and the first and third Saturday of every month, 1-6 p.m. Monument Inkjet can be reached at 424-5236.
