Hi everyone.
Maybe some of you will remember me... maybe not. I was a member of this
list many years ago, or at least it seems that long. I've lurked from
time to time just to see what some of you have been up to.
I haven't seriously used my Olympus equipment in about two years. My
wife and I both lost our employment at the same time a couple of years
back and for me, I lost an income that made my photography hobby
possible. So my creative side was put on the back burner.
Recently I stumbled upon a discarded Epson 3880 printer at the transfer
station that I reluctantly took home. It was in excellent shape
cosmetically with all accessories but I thought what person would throw
away a working 3880 especially with ink carts installed. I had quite a
shock when I discovered the ink carts were still in it, three of the
nine full and the remaining half full or a little less. A quick nozzle
check indicated no clogging. I still couldn't believe it but an attempt
at printing a print produced beautiful results. And wow, can this thing
produce a beautiful B&W print. So I took this experience as an act of
the Universe to get me back into photography.
One more small problem remained. I had an Epson R1900 and I knew I
couldn't afford to maintain both printers as the ink cost would kill me.
So I attempted to give it away to a friend for the cost of one complete
set of ink carts that I had. Wasn't interested. So I tried to sell it
locally, first for $300 and then for $150. No go. So I figured what the
heck, I'll put it on eBay with a starting bid of $200. The darn thing
sold for $827!!! That's almost twice what I paid for it 6 years ago.
What I later discovered was that the printer head from the R1800, 1900
and 2000 are in demand by Asian t-shirt printing companies. Whatever
floats your boat I guess.
That's all the boring stuff for now. Looking forward to hearing from
some of you.
Richard
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