Digital BW, The Print

I do photography as a hobby...with no real aspirations to make money.

So, I need to cheap things low cost.

Over the years I've managed to spend very little on my printers. My 
first was a 4 ink printer (Epson 875) that I pickup up for $75 with 
an internet coupon/rebate.

Next was an Epson 1280 6-ink unit...from the local retailer BestBuy. 
It was in the discount/refurbished/display model section and was 
$180, 50% the normal price.

My latest printer is the Epson R1800...which I got at significant 
discount from the Epson On-line store as a refurbished unit. There 
was also a rebate coupon in effect plus I had $45 to spend at Epson 
from the settlement of the Class Action lawsuit on ink cartridges.

I used to run a Continous Ink System in my old 875 before retiring it 
and now have another CIS in the 180, both had the MIS UT-2 inkset (1 
set of 4oz bottles after 3 years and still more than 1/4 left). 

Overall, this has been a very economical process for me. There are 
ways to save lots of money and still get good equipement. Don't be 
afraid of used/refurbished stuff...most problems can be put right 
with some good cleaning out.

Mike. 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ritayan_mitra" 
<ritayan_mitra@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>     I am a graduate student and am interested in photography. 
Although I am pretty much an 
> amateur (www.flickr.com/photos/copyright-to-a-moment/).  I dream of 
having my solo 
> black and white exhibition someday.  For that I need to get started 
on printing stuff out and 
> although I see a lot of advice on this site they are a little 
expensive for me right now [sigh].  I 
> was wondering if any of you could guide me with a list of 
technique/printer/ink/paper which 
> is low cost and yet presentable. Please do not ignore this as 
someone looking for a quick fix 
> because I have been wondering about this for a long time now but 
the epson printers and ink 
> are too expensive for me.  Any suggestion is welcome.  Thanks a lot.
> 
> Ritayan
>