Digital BW, The Print

Try to find a local photo enthusiast club and explain the situation. You might find that either the club or one of the members has a capable printer and agrees on a low price to print for you for the time being. It may solve the printer maintenance and paper purchase issues too. The only con is lots of advices on anything you do in the process given by older members of that club. There might be more than that, you are in France.

Postpone purchases till you have VAT registration and proper bookkeeping, it will save you about 20% on the price in France I guess. Here it is 21% that is added.

Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

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On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Richard Massie CorrPro96@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Lots of luck.

You are not going to find an inexpensive printer in France.

Your best bet is to find a photographer who will print for you.

The VAT in France makes your idea impractical and without having working status, it would be illegal for you to sell prints.

Your customers could simply refuse to pay you after you deliver the print.

It's like a gambling debt.... Uncollectible.

It will take a long time for you to clear the French laws regarding earning money in France.

I have spent a lot of time as an American photographer in France and I knew better than to try to compete with French photographers.

They will quickly put you out of business, and you will have to pay fines.

Richard Massie, Photographer

www.rmassiephotography.com

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On Aug 18, 2015, at 09:08, faeofavalon@yahoo.com [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi Gang -

I am writing with a very bold request but it's one that is more out of desperation than pretense (I think that's how I want to say it?) I have moved from New York to France, near Paris. Yes, it';s true. I found love here and my heart had to take me. Prior to my move here, my Epson R2400's waste pad was pretty much done with and because money was, and still is, at an all-time low, I couldn't buy a new printer.

I am not legal to work here yet - am in the process of getting my permanent residency status now, but I am dealing with a severe economic crisis. (My husband is supporting us best he can and I am living off my credit card). I am trying to make an income selling prints I have already, but there are people that are asking to buy images I haven't printed yet. I do not want to find an expensive professional printer in Paris and I have contacted Epson directly, asking if there is somehow a way they would donate a small format pigment printer but they just led me to a program they have that gives donations to organizations and such. I am just an individual artist, so of course it doesn't apply.

So, I am here on this site asking if anyone has a used Epson pigment printer that works fine but is willing to donate to a poor ex-pat artist? As I mentioned above, a small format printer will be fine for now. I plan to buy, maybe the 4900 but right now, I plan to print A4..

And if you can not donate, if you have a suggestion of where I can find a used one inexpensively in France? I have to admit, I have not researched that yet.

You can send me a direct email to either faeofavalon@... or atornabene5469@...

Thank you so much for reading this!

- AnnMarie Tornabene

www.annmarietornabene.net