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Nice $60 Printer

ercoerco Posts: 20,260
edited 2010-09-02 13:06 in General Discussion
Epson Workforce 600 Wireless All-in-One Printer at http://www.woot.com Thursday only, $60 shipped. That's a LOT of hardware for the money; LCD, document feeder, wireless, scanner, scan/print to memory card (no PC), etc. But those ink cartridges look tiny and I'll bet buying 4 new cartridges costs more than the printer.

Edit: $36.50 for 4 cartridges: http://cgi.ebay.com/4-NEW-Genuine-Epson-68-69-Ink-Cartridges-Sealed-Pack-/370415958526?pt=BI_Toner&hash=item563e82f9fe

Reviews at http://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-Wireless-Printer-C11CA18201/dp/B001DJ9JF4

TWAIN. Such a lame acronym. Mark Twain is surely rolling over in his grave...
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  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2010-09-02 13:06
    From Twain.org :
    The word TWAIN is from Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None were selected, but the entry "Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to haunt the standard.
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