| Since at least the 1900s, rubber stamps have been | | | | documents and sworn signatures. Many businesses |
| utilized in all aspects of business, and fill varied, | | | | use stamps to facilitate the tracking of documents, |
| significant needs for businesses of all types. Nearly ten | | | | from "received" stamps that indicate the date and time |
| years ago, an offer to come work for a rubber stamp | | | | a document was received, to "draft" stamps or |
| shop was met with hesitation, given the proliferation of | | | | "reviewed by" stamps, plus the stamps that fill banking |
| computers. The thought was that rubber stamps | | | | needs (such as "for deposit only" or "paid" stamps). |
| would be made obsolete as a result of the trend | | | | Advances in the rubber stamp industry have resulted |
| toward paperless offices and technologically | | | | in improved quality of the stamps and the ink they use, |
| advanced computers capable of, for example, printing | | | | a wider array of sizes and shapes of rubber stamps |
| watermarks directly on the paper. | | | | available and the integration of stamps in all kinds of |
| On the contrary, however, rubber stamps remain a | | | | products, including self-inking stamps that have the ink |
| necessary component for many businesses and, in | | | | built right in! Rubber stamps come in virtually any size |
| fact, the uses for rubber stamps have expanded into | | | | and shape imaginable and ink color choices are |
| areas such as signature stamps, for deposit only | | | | endless. Computers have actually helped the |
| stamps, notary stamps and others. Creation of a | | | | proliferation of rubber stamps because, with email and |
| signature stamp is as easy as sending a fax copy of | | | | on-line catalogues, a person in California can get their |
| your signature to a stamp company equipped with the | | | | rubber stamp designed, manufactured and shipped |
| right machine, such as Holmes Stamp Company. | | | | from Florida within one day! Also thanks to computers,. |
| Notary stamps or seals are required for legal | | | | |