Walt, Good to hear. WalMart is close by. Does the Epson let you specify what paper you are using? My printer is so old I can't control for the paper I've got. Makes printing a real guessing game. Your's sounds like a good solution. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Walter Hamler <[email protected]> wrote: > Ever since I quit printing my own ink jet prints and started using > Costco for RA prints, I have been using an older HP 4 in 1 printer. It > proved to be fine other than I could never get the FAX to work, but > that was because of my network provider and I was too lazy to pursue > the matter. > A few days ago I ran out of black ink, and I knew the color was low as > well, so off to Costco I go. The ink pkg there, one color and one B&W > was about 48 bucks. A ripoff, we all know! Well, now it is packaged in > separate pkgs, either 3 B&W or 3 Color, 102 bucks each!!!! Bull > Hockey! I left and went to Walmart. There was the one of each for 43 > bucks. So I picked one up, and then my eye saw an Epson printer, sorta > like my HP, but no FAX, significantly more compact, a better paper > path, 5 inks, and it was wireless Smart Print, so I could use my IPAD > with it :-) 52 bucks. Done deal, I said, and grabbed one. > > Get home, set it up, and it was super easy and worked the first time. > It prints from both IMac and IPAD without any hiccups. I am pleased. > Yesterday the wife hands me and old 8x10 B&W and says to scan it so I > powered up the HP and went to the application folder to find the one I > had always used. Thought I had it, double clicked, and it offered me a > scan preview page for the Epson. Oh, what the heck, I says, I'll try > it. Put the print on the platen, close the lid, click the mouse. Ten > seconds later there is an icon on the desktop of the print. I open in > PS and it is gorgeous. I mean perfect. Even no dust spots! I make a > print, I put a copy on my FB page. Everything is great, the world is > at peace. I am happy!! > > Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Peace and Goodwill to all the > PDML'ers out there ! > > Walt > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
