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Discussion on how to "double and triple stack" discounts to get best price.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52615444
Canon link (best link for best deal can vary ... state of flux during Black Friday long weekend)
http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/c...-photo-paper?cm_sp=SP-_-PRT-_-Text_BFbuy1get4
http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/free-gift-paper-and-scrapbooking-kit-promo
If you figure out how to play the game, you can legally and ethically get well over $200 USD worth of premium Canon paper for under $20, directly from Canon. About 7¢ per letter size sheet on Luster, Semi-Gloss, and Plus-Glossy II. The MSRP is 70¢ per sheet. The Pro Platinum is about 13¢. 4x6" glossy for about 2¢
50% off with triple stacked discount of "Buy One Get Five" plus "50% off for registering your Canon printer" and also "Nine free gifts if order over $50". And free shipping. There will be local tax on the net amount. No rebates to fuss with or forget.
Some days there is a promotion for 13x19" A3+ paper, and some days not. About 19¢ per sheet, if I did the math correctly (100 sheets for $18.50 USD ... that's pretty easy).
Note that for actual low costs per print, you pretty much have to refill your cartridges with non-oem ink. Otherwise, you are still paying about $10,000 per gallon for Canon oem ink. There is a significant learning curve to cart refilling, and upfront expenses. Many if not most wanna-be refillers give up after messy spills, stained fingers, stained clothes. There is also a real risk of frying your print-head from ink flow starvation. YMMV.
It's only rarely that I've seen significant discounts on real Canon oem ink. The ink is the "crown jewels" for Canon (and Epson and HP are even higher per gallon).
My go-to paper for give-away prints used to be Costco Kirkland at about 15¢ per sheet. For what I do, Canon oem paper was too expensive at about 70¢ per letter size sheet (MSRP).
My speculation is there are more than a few people on this forum with Canon DSLR's and Pro-100 printers. The cost of ink and paper will eat you alive without super discounts, unless you are a professional printer and the cost of ink + paper is a small percent of the selling cost.
FWIW: with cartridge refills using non-oem German ink and super discounted Canon paper, I can now make high quality, color managed letter size prints for under 10¢ a sheet. Giving away 100 letter size prints as a volunteer photographer at a non-profit event is now chump change.
Discussion on how to "double and triple stack" discounts to get best price.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52615444
Canon link (best link for best deal can vary ... state of flux during Black Friday long weekend)
http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/c...-photo-paper?cm_sp=SP-_-PRT-_-Text_BFbuy1get4
http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/free-gift-paper-and-scrapbooking-kit-promo
If you figure out how to play the game, you can legally and ethically get well over $200 USD worth of premium Canon paper for under $20, directly from Canon. About 7¢ per letter size sheet on Luster, Semi-Gloss, and Plus-Glossy II. The MSRP is 70¢ per sheet. The Pro Platinum is about 13¢. 4x6" glossy for about 2¢
50% off with triple stacked discount of "Buy One Get Five" plus "50% off for registering your Canon printer" and also "Nine free gifts if order over $50". And free shipping. There will be local tax on the net amount. No rebates to fuss with or forget.
Some days there is a promotion for 13x19" A3+ paper, and some days not. About 19¢ per sheet, if I did the math correctly (100 sheets for $18.50 USD ... that's pretty easy).
Note that for actual low costs per print, you pretty much have to refill your cartridges with non-oem ink. Otherwise, you are still paying about $10,000 per gallon for Canon oem ink. There is a significant learning curve to cart refilling, and upfront expenses. Many if not most wanna-be refillers give up after messy spills, stained fingers, stained clothes. There is also a real risk of frying your print-head from ink flow starvation. YMMV.
It's only rarely that I've seen significant discounts on real Canon oem ink. The ink is the "crown jewels" for Canon (and Epson and HP are even higher per gallon).
My go-to paper for give-away prints used to be Costco Kirkland at about 15¢ per sheet. For what I do, Canon oem paper was too expensive at about 70¢ per letter size sheet (MSRP).
My speculation is there are more than a few people on this forum with Canon DSLR's and Pro-100 printers. The cost of ink and paper will eat you alive without super discounts, unless you are a professional printer and the cost of ink + paper is a small percent of the selling cost.
FWIW: with cartridge refills using non-oem German ink and super discounted Canon paper, I can now make high quality, color managed letter size prints for under 10¢ a sheet. Giving away 100 letter size prints as a volunteer photographer at a non-profit event is now chump change.
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