Office supplies are consumables and equipment regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, by individuals engaged in written communications, recordkeeping or bookkeeping, janitorial and cleaning, and for storage of supplies or data.

1. Office Stationery Suppliers
Office supplies ​are consumables and ​equipment ​regularly used in
offices by businesses and other organizations, by individuals
engaged in written communications, recordkeeping or
bookkeeping, ​janitorial ​and ​cleaning​, and for storage of supplies or
data. The range of items classified as office supplies varies, and
typically includes small, expendable, daily use items, consumable
products, small machines, higher cost equipment such as
computers, as well as office furniture and art.
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2. Typical products
Office supplies are typically divided by type of product and general
use. Some of the many different office supply products include
● Blank ​sheet ​paper: ​various ​sizes from small notes to letter
and poster-size; various thicknesses from tissue paper to
120 pound; construction paper; photocopier and inkjet
printer paper;
● Preprinted forms: time cards, tax reporting forms (1099,
W-2), "while you were out" ​pads​, desk and wall calendars;
● Label and adhesive paper: name tags, file folder labels,
post-it notes, and address labels;
● Media: ink and ​toner ​cartridges; memory cards and flash
drives;
● Communications equipment: desk telephones, cell phones,
and VOIP adapters; WI-FI adapters, ethernet cable, network
routers and switches;
● Paper in roll or reel form: label tape, fax machine thermal
paper, and adding machine tape;
● Educational and entertainment items: books (business,
time management and self-help), tax, business application
and game software, desk accessories such as a Newton's
cradle;
● Mechanical fasteners: paper clips, binder clips, staples;

3. ● Chemical fasteners: duct tape, transparent tape, glue,
mucilage;
● Comestibles: usually on-the-go snacks such as coffee,
cookies, candy, chips, pretzels, trail mixes, and other
snacks;
● Janitorial supplies: mops, buckets, wastebaskets, recycling
bins, brooms, soap, air fresheners, disinfectants,
detergents, paper towels, and toilet paper;
● Merchant supplies: price tags; pricing guns; time clocks;
credit card processing machines and cash registers;
● Small machines: hole punches, rubber stamps, numbering
machines, staplers, pencil sharpeners, and laminators;
● Containers: binders, envelopes, boxes, crates, shelves,
folders, and desk organizers;
● Writing utensils and corrections: pens, pencils, paints,
markers, correction fluid, correction tape, and erasers;
● Higher-cost equipment: computers, printers, fax machines
and photocopiers;
● Office furniture: office chairs, cubicles, anti-static mats,
rugs, filing cabinets, and armour desks.
● Office food eg convenience food, bottled water
Common supplies and office equipment items before the advent of
suitably priced word processing machines and PCs in the 1970s and

4. 1980s were: typewriters, slide rules, calculators, adding machines,
carbon- and carbonless paper.
Many ​businesses ​in the office supply industry have recently
expanded into related markets for businesses like copy centers,
which facilitate the creation and printing of business collateral such
as business cards and stationery, plus printing and binding of high
quality, high volume business and engineering documents. Some
businesses also provide services for shipping, including packaging
and bulk ​mailing ​and even offer diverse services like screen
printing, office coffee, office fruit and office grocery delivery. In
addition, many retail chains sell related supplies beyond businesses

5. and regularly market their stores as a center for school supplies
with August and early September being a major retail period for
back to school sales.
Stationery
Stationery is a mass noun referring to commercially manufactured
writing materials, including cut paper, envelopes, writing
implements, continuous form paper, and other office supplies.
Stationery includes materials to be written on by hand (e.g., letter
paper) or by equipment For example: computer printers.
History of stationery
Originally the term stationery referred to all products sold by a
stationer, whose name indicated that his book shop was on a fixed
spot, usually near a university, and permanent, while medieval
trading was mainly carried on by itinerant peddlers (including
chapman, who sold books) and others (such as farmers and
craftsmen) at markets and fairs. It was a special term used between
the 13th and 15th centuries in the manuscript culture. Stationery'
shops were places where books were bound, copied, and published.
These shops often loaned books to nearby-university students for a
fee. However, the books were loaned out in sections, and the only
way to get the next part of the book was to return the previous
section. The Stationers' Company formerly held a monopoly over

6. the publishing industry in England and was responsible for
copyright​ regulations.
Uses of stationery
Printing
Letterpress is a method of printing many identical copies that
requires characters being ​impressed ​upon the page. The print may
be inked or blind but is typically done in a single color. Motifs or
designs may be added as many letterpress machines use movable
plates that must be hand-set.
Single documents

7. When a single document needs to be produced, it may be
handwritten or printed typically by a computer printer. Several
copies of one original can be produced by some printers using
multipart stationery. Typing with a typewriter is obsolete, having
been largely ​superseded ​by preparing a document with a word
processor and printing.
Thermographic
Thermographic printing is a process that involves several stages
but can be implemented in a low-cost manufacturing process. The
process involves printing the desired designs or text with an ink
that remains wet, rather than drying on contact with the paper. The
paper is then dusted with a powdered polymer that adheres to the
ink. The paper is vacuumed or agitated, mechanically or by hand, to
remove excess powder, and then heated to near combustion. The
wet ink and polymer bond and dry, resulting in a raised print
surface similar to the result of an engraving process.
Embossing
Embossing ​is a printing technique used to create raised surfaces in
the converted paper stock. The process relies upon mated dies that
press the paper into a shape that can be observed on both the front
and back surfaces.

8. Engraving
Engraving is a ​process ​that requires a ​design ​to be cut into a plate
made of a relatively hard material. It is a technology with a long
history and requires significant skill and experience. The finished
plate is usually covered in ink, and then the ink is removed from all
of the un-etched portions of the plate. The plate is then pressed
into paper under substantial pressure. The result is a design that is
slightly raised on the surface of the paper and ​covered ​in ink. Due to
the cost of the process and expertise required, many consumers opt
for thermographic printing, a process that results in a similarly
raised print surface, but through different means at less cost.