Greetings! I'd like to be the first to welcome you to PrestoPlace.com, our new community focused on the HP Printing Mailbox with Presto Service, as well as the people that it touches, how it changes lives, and opens up new doors of communication with relatives not previously connected with the digital age.

We'd like to make your experience here as enjoyable as possible and encourage you to talk about Presto, ask and answer questions, and share your stories and experiences.

To help you get started, first you need to create a free PrestoPlace Account, which you can do here. Once you're all set up, head to your PrestoPlace Profile and add a little bit about yourself and upload a photo or avatar, which helps others get to know a little about you and creates an identity that others you get to know can recognize. It's okay if you don't use a real photo of yourself if you don't want to... any picture that that you like or interests you is just fine.

When you're all set creating your identity, poke around a bit. Find an article that interests you and make a comment, share your two cents on your favorite Presto Styles, etc.

When you're ready to get involved in the Community discussions, you have two choices:

1. Joining in an Existing Discussion

• First, you can find an existing discussion that you want to take part in. To add a comment, make sure you're logged in, and type your message into the empty text box. When you're done, hit the post button. Your comment will appear and everyone will be able to read it.
• Keep an eye on the thread, and maybe others will respond to you, then you can reply and carry out a conversation with your new Presto Friend. Just make sure that if you join in on a current discussion, your comments are related and on topic to the discussion going on.
• You can also check the notification box to receive an e-mail if a new comment is added to the discussion. You can subscribe and unsubscribe from any discussion thread at any time. You can manage all of these notifications in your "My Email Notifications" area. You'll find a link to it under "My Stuff" on the right in the Member area.

2. Creating Your Own New Discussion

• If you don't see a current discussion on the topic you wish to talk about, you can create your very own discussion topic. To do this, click the "Start a Discussion" link in the right hand column (look for the three red text bubbles).
• Enter the title of your discussion (be descriptive, but not too lengthy), then your comment, thought, or whatever will kick off the conversation into the main box.
• When you're done, you'll see some categories listed in the box. Please choose at least one category that relates to your conversation (for example a discussion on ink cartridges could be tagged to the Ink, Paper, and Accessories category). You can select multiple categories, but just be sure that the conversation applies to those categories. If you don't see one that relates, choose "General Discussion".
• Below the categories box, you'll see a checkbox about notification. Make sure it's checked if you wish to receive an e-mail notification if someone posts a comment to your discussion.
• When you're all set, hit post... and viola! Your new discussion is open for everyone to participate in.

Hopefully that gets you going. There's more you can do, but we'll let you explore and find some of it on your own. It would be good to review the site discussion rules before you get started. Like any online user group, we do have a few policies in place to ensure that everyone has an enjoyable experience (things like not posting in all capital letters, cross-posting, etc.) You can see them all here.

Enjoy the PrestoPlace Community!

Matt Whitlock
Community Network Manager
www.PrestoPlace.com

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