Digital BW, The Print

I see now where Sam's confusion came from. I'm sorry that my original
post was not clear. Bob did a much better job. Yes, the rebate is from
Bestbuy.com, the online store, although you can opt to pick it up at a
physical Best Buy if you wish, and the net cost is $95 - $50 (+ tax
and shipping if applicable).

Again, for about the cost of the OEM color ink cartridges, you get the
cartridges plus the black cartridge plus a printer.

The R220 is not for everyone. It feels rather flimsy, and by today's
standards is bulky and slow for it's limited offerings. Also it is
reportedly poor at printing text or mixed pages. Not a good choice for
a primary general-use printer. However, it is by all accounts an
excellent photo printer, and combined with the appropriate MIS inks
appears to be the cheapest and easiest entree to high quality
greyscale printing.

It will also print on specially coated CD's, though I'm not sure how
well that works.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Bob Thompson
<bobt26@e...> wrote:
>
> The deal is that the $50 rebate comes off of the $95 leaving a net of 
> $45 plus taxes and shipping or you can pick it up if your local has one 
> in stock. But it must be ordered online.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> Sam McCandless wrote:
> 
> > >(via Dealnews) Through Jan 21 Bestbuy.com has the R220 for $95 and a
> > >$50 mail-in rebate form (or fill it out online, according to the
> > >form). "You should receive your rebate within 8 weeks." is what it
> > >says on the form.
> >
> > Unless you just like malls and stores or are in a hurry for a R220,
> > that doesn't seem like much of a deal to me given that the Epson
> > Store only charges $100 for a new R220.
> >
> > I think the Epson Store shipped my R200 re-furb ($59) from
> > Indianapolis and charged me for California sales tax too.
> >
> > A set of carts for the 200, even from Atlex.com, is about $63 plus
> > shipping (only, outside Florida). Judging from the Epson packaging my
> > carts came in from Atlex, the 220 and six other Epson printers use
> > the same carts. If BestBuy has these carts for appreciably less, I'd
> > be tempted to stop for carts when I was nearby, especially if they
> > also have Epson's R2400 carts at relatively low prices.
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