Our Blog Posts

  Essential Guide to Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Monroe Calculator We know many companies are working hard to navigate the current landscape and keep employees and customers healthy. To aid in your efforts, we've created a guide to properly clean and disinfect your Monroe calculator. We highly recommend that all Monroe calculator users read and follow the steps in this guide, especially those of you who work in an environment where you share a calculator. …

  On February 24th, 2020, we learned of the passing of Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician who overcame racism and sexism in the 1950s to play a key role in Project Mercury, the first American spaceflight mission to put a man into orbit and return him safely. Katherine, like many other NASA mathematicians at the time, relied on a Monroe calculator to make the precise calculations required for space travel. The mission required the team to launch the capsul …

The calculator has been a trusted tool in the accounting industry for the last 100+ years. And if there’s anything that being in the business for the last 100+ years has taught us, it’s that this isn’t changing any time soon. As the inventor of the world’s first commercial desktop calculator, we thought it was fitting to discuss the reasons why the Monroe UltimateX is the best printing calculator for accountants and how it will impact the industry in the 2020’s.Let’s dive right in.To answer this …

“Once you make the decision to purchase a Monroe printing calculator, you will never regret it,” says long-time Monroe customer Lorna Hogue, admin office manager, payroll and treasury, superintendent secretary and board minutes clerk, at Dewey Public Schools in Dewey, Okla.Hogue’s Monroe story began when she “inherited” her first Monroe printing calculator from a former colleague, which she used for 20 years. When it came time to replace that model, Hogue opted for the 2020 Plus II, which she we …

In last week’s blog, we highlighted the Monroe Classic and Pro printing calculators and how they were combined to create the Monroe Ultimate, the top heavy-duty printing calculator on the market today.  This week, we are taking an in-depth look at the unique features that are exclusive to the UltimateX.Let’s dive in. IKT - Individual Keyswitch TechnologyIKT - Individual Keyswitch Technology was designed specifically with our customers in mind to help reduce the stress in the user’ …