I got a new printer

I know that doesn't sound very exciting but OH MY GOD, how much do I love my new printer?! I had a HP Multi-function thingo which I just realised is 5 years old. It cost me about $700 from memory. I know. No kidding. It had a fax machine that we don't use, a scanner that for some reason wouldn't work and it is noisy and slow when it prints. Being a uni student, I do A LOT of printing. But it cost me $700 so why would I replace it? And yes I know that they've come down in price but IT COST ME $700!!

Yesterday I was at officeworks and I saw a HP Multifunction PHOTO printer for $137. How bloody cheap is that? I've spent more than that in printer cartridges in the past six months!! I'm not even kidding. It's almost cheaper to buy a new printer than replace the cartridges?! (hmmm... maybe I really need a laser printer....)

ANYWAY, of course I bought it on the spot.



It doesn't have a fax which is fine. It does have slots where you can insert any kind of memory card or USB to print photos directly, a separate tray for photo paper, a preview screen where you can look at your photos and edit them before printing and it's so FAST and so QUIET. ooh ooh, and it prints onto CDs and DVDs. It's got a special tray that you whack them in and it prints labels directly on them.

It is now my second favourite thing after my new camera. No wait. My third favourite thing after my camera and my iMac.

But you've all got one of these special fancy things already haven't you? You're all going "DUH, Cass! Where have you been? OF COURSE we've got super-cheap, super-fast, super-fabulous photo printers". See, that's the beauty of it. The sheer excitement that comes with suddenly realising that something could be SO GOOD and never having heard of it before. I'm completely in love.