HP Deskjet 690C Printer
+ 1 black and 1 colour cartridge inside
+ 1 spare full (unopened) colour cartridge
+ 5 metre printer cable (LPT port)
+ Power cable

$50

Brisbane, QLD

You have to be kidding - check out staples -
you can purchase a new printer that comes with new cartridges
for $65.00 or higher -

Good luck -

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 19:03:12 +1000, "Matthew"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>HP Deskjet 690C Printer
>+ 1 black and 1 colour cartridge inside
>+ 1 spare full (unopened) colour cartridge
>+ 5 metre printer cable (LPT port)
>+ Power cable
>
>$50
>
>Brisbane, QLD
>
>
>

"Gary Tait" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:54:26 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (J. M. S.) wrote:
>
> >You have to be kidding - check out staples -
> >you can purchase a new printer that comes with new cartridges
> >for $65.00 or higher -
> >
> >Good luck -
>
> The Australian dollar is higher than the US dollar (I am assuming you
> are talking on the US Staples, BTW prices are similar in Canadian
> Staples stores)
>

current conversion rate is $1AUD = $0.65USD

so it roughly equals out to $32.10 USD.

But printers in australia aren't exactly cheap. So the $65USD would really
be priced at $150AUD or therabouts, depending on the store.

Lived there - still can't get over the price differences.

-- L

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 18:30:26 -0400, "Lisa Duskis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Gary Tait" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:54:26 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (J. M. S.) wrote:
>>
>> >You have to be kidding - check out staples -
>> >you can purchase a new printer that comes with new cartridges
>> >for $65.00 or higher -
>> >
>> >Good luck -
>>
>> The Australian dollar is higher than the US dollar (I am assuming you
>> are talking on the US Staples, BTW prices are similar in Canadian
>> Staples stores)
>>
>
>current conversion rate is $1AUD = $0.65USD
>
>so it roughly equals out to $32.10 USD.
>
>But printers in australia aren't exactly cheap. So the $65USD would really
>be priced at $150AUD or therabouts, depending on the store.

Cannon S200 colour photo quality printer, AU$65 from some shops.

Second hand 24 pin dot matrix printers AU$5 from auctions.

>Lived there - still can't get over the price differences.
>
>-- L
>


-Barry
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> >
> >But printers in australia aren't exactly cheap. So the $65USD would
really
> >be priced at $150AUD or therabouts, depending on the store.
>
> Cannon S200 colour photo quality printer, AU$65 from some shops.
>
> Second hand 24 pin dot matrix printers AU$5 from auctions.
>
> >Lived there - still can't get over the price differences.
> >
> >-- L


so just out of curiosity, how much does a new epson stylus photo 1280 (ot
whatever it is there - 1290?) go for?

"Lisa Duskis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> > >
>
> so just out of curiosity, how much does a new epson stylus photo 1280 (ot
> whatever it is there - 1290?) go for?
>
They're around the $920-940AUD mark at the moment (600-612USD). You are
right-it is the 1290 here.
C

wow... i paid $450 USD for mine.


"C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Lisa Duskis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > > >
> >
> > so just out of curiosity, how much does a new epson stylus photo 1280
(ot
> > whatever it is there - 1290?) go for?
> >
> They're around the $920-940AUD mark at the moment (600-612USD). You are
> right-it is the 1290 here.
> C
>
>

Why would you bother with Epson at all? Correct me if I am wrong, but I have
read that all the latest Epson printers report when the cartridge is
empty.......... but if you refill them , the computer still recognises it as
an "old" or "empty" cartridge, and refuses to print with it ..... locking
you into buying a brand new cartridge each & every time you run out of
ink......!!! To make matters even worse, an independent study I read only
last week reported that Epson cartridges showed "empty" warnings when there
was variously between 17% and 34% of ink still left in the cartridge. This
makes Epson ink, milligram for milligram, as expensive as gold....... this
painful situation applies with the HP 5550 (and all future new printers)
too, so I will be sticking to Canon or Lexmark, thankyou very much.

cheers

sandman

"Lisa Duskis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> wow... i paid $450 USD for mine.
>
>
> "C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bian77$751he$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Lisa Duskis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > so just out of curiosity, how much does a new epson stylus photo 1280
> (ot
> > > whatever it is there - 1290?) go for?
> > >
> > They're around the $920-940AUD mark at the moment (600-612USD). You are
> > right-it is the 1290 here.
> > C
> >
> >
>
>

"Lisa Duskis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Why do I use Epson? Simple.

Figures.

Bob

the sandman wrote:

>Why would you bother with Epson at all? Correct me if I am wrong, but I have
>read that all the latest Epson printers report when the cartridge is
>empty.......... but if you refill them , the computer still recognises it as
>an "old" or "empty" cartridge, and refuses to print with it

That's one of the reasons I tended to lean away from Epson and HP - the
hassle of refilling the latest cartridges can be a pain. The Canon is so
much easier to refill.