I've been working with Richard on the poultry school curriculum all week (I'm going to be doing a lot of that the next few weeks). We are making pretty good progress right now, but we had to do a lot of "fixin' to get ready to start writing" stuff.
One of the things we've been looking into is a printer. I need a printer while we are working on the curriculum and Richard will need one in his office once the school gets going. The problem is that technology is a lot more expensive here than in the US, and sometimes ridiculous. For example, a laser cartridge that is good for 1500 copies costs at least $100 (250,000 shillings) and usually more. These economics were making shopping for a printer a little stressful.
Monday afternoon, Richard and I took a break from the curriculum and drove downtown to where there is a whole block of computer stores, one after the other. This is where God intervened and led us to an Epson L355 printer. It's a new technology I wasn't familiar with. It uses an ink tank technology that you refill from bottles of ink (the four tanks, three colors and black, are in the box on the right side of the printer). Now, here's the cool part...the bottles of ink cost 35,000 shillings ($14), not 250,000 ($100) and one bottle of ink is good for 4000 copies. Plus, it came with two extra bottles of black ink. What a deal!
Not wanting to be hasty with the Lord's money, we decided to go home, do some research, and then come back the next day to make the purchase. Well, the research was positive, but here's the strange thing...apparently this printer is not available in the US. Everything I found online was either in Europe or Africa. Amazon does not carry this printer...a shame. I would be worth paying a little more for a printer to be able to print 4000 copies for just 14 bucks.
The L355 prints, scans, and copies, plus it's wireless. And 24 hours after setup, is working great. Again, God is guiding our path and blessing us in every area, even printer purchases.
Thanks for your prayers,
Edd
One of the things we've been looking into is a printer. I need a printer while we are working on the curriculum and Richard will need one in his office once the school gets going. The problem is that technology is a lot more expensive here than in the US, and sometimes ridiculous. For example, a laser cartridge that is good for 1500 copies costs at least $100 (250,000 shillings) and usually more. These economics were making shopping for a printer a little stressful.
Monday afternoon, Richard and I took a break from the curriculum and drove downtown to where there is a whole block of computer stores, one after the other. This is where God intervened and led us to an Epson L355 printer. It's a new technology I wasn't familiar with. It uses an ink tank technology that you refill from bottles of ink (the four tanks, three colors and black, are in the box on the right side of the printer). Now, here's the cool part...the bottles of ink cost 35,000 shillings ($14), not 250,000 ($100) and one bottle of ink is good for 4000 copies. Plus, it came with two extra bottles of black ink. What a deal!
Not wanting to be hasty with the Lord's money, we decided to go home, do some research, and then come back the next day to make the purchase. Well, the research was positive, but here's the strange thing...apparently this printer is not available in the US. Everything I found online was either in Europe or Africa. Amazon does not carry this printer...a shame. I would be worth paying a little more for a printer to be able to print 4000 copies for just 14 bucks.
The L355 prints, scans, and copies, plus it's wireless. And 24 hours after setup, is working great. Again, God is guiding our path and blessing us in every area, even printer purchases.
Thanks for your prayers,
Edd
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