Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-24 Thread P.J. Alling
I already Googled it to find out, there's amazingly little data on any printer. The one question is no exception. On 10/23/2015 7:14 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: On behalf of your current printer, I offer a couple of thoughts: How much will you need to pay to buy a full set of inks? How soon

Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-24 Thread Paul
Red River has a bunch of printer reviews. Are these helpful? http://www.redrivercatalog.com/infocenter/articles/index.htm -p On 10/24/2015 10:17 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I already Googled it to find out, there's amazingly little data on any printer. The one question is no exception. On

Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-24 Thread P.J. Alling
The review was helpful, but still didn't have a long term assessment, on reliability ink usage etc. My current printer has about the same characteristics as my HP wide carriage printer, that jammed with no support from HP, I get a fare number of prints if I print regularly, if I do a couple of

Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-24 Thread Paul
Red River also has some cost of printing studies... http://www.redrivercatalog.com/cost-of-inkjet-printing.html -p On 10/24/2015 11:39 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: The review was helpful, but still didn't have a long term assessment, on reliability ink usage etc. My current printer has about the

OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-23 Thread P.J. Alling
So this is kinda beside the point but related. I just got a missive from Adorama about the Canon Pixma Pro-100 13x19 inch printer. I've been using a Pixma iX6520 that I thought I got a fantastic deal on a couple of years ago, it's only 4 color, (CMYK), but except for a occasionally

Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-23 Thread Stanley Halpin
On behalf of your current printer, I offer a couple of thoughts: How much will you need to pay to buy a full set of inks? How soon will you need those replacements? Does it ship with mini versions of the regular inks? Does the new one have a good reputation as far as ink usage, not getting

Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-23 Thread Paul
Go for it...it's only 49 bucks and the paper is worth half that... It's only 49 bucks... It's only 49 bucks... It's only 49 bucks... On 10/23/2015 1:51 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: So this is kinda beside the point but related. I just got a missive from Adorama about the Canon Pixma Pro-100 13x19

Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-23 Thread David Parsons
I did that in August through B Pretty painless process. You get the $250 rebate as an Amex gift card direct from Canon. I got it as a raffle item for my camera club. It was too good of a deal to pass up and someone will end up with a free printer. On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 2:51 PM, P.J. Alling

Re: OT - Adorama just sent me a deal that's almost imposible to refuse. (was) OT - To print or buy ?

2015-10-23 Thread steve harley
On 2015-10-23 14:59 , Paul wrote: Go for it...it's only 49 bucks and the paper is worth half that... i looked on Adorama, it's seems to be $150 with $250 tied up waiting for a mail in rebate $50 straight up would be a very good deal -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net