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Buy 3 packages or rolls of Epson Signature Worthy and/ or Legacy media - and get reimbursed for the cost of the least expensive item via mail-in rebate. Media includes Epson's Luster, Hot and Cold Press, most Epson canvas, all of the Legacy papers and more - in sheets and rolls. For complete details, please download the Epson rebate form for this promotion.

For a complete listing of eligible Epson Signature Worthy and Legacy media, please click this link. This offer is valid through September 30, 2023.


Based on advice that we have received from Epson, the best way to submit a rebate is to do an online submission. The rebate form says to go to this web address: Epson Rebates

and enter the rebate number 23-13961 - which is shown in the address on the last page of the rebate form:

Epson Signature Worthy/Legacy
Media Rebate
Epson Rebate Center
PO Box 540009 (23-13961)
El Paso, TX 88554-0009

and to follow the provided instructions. The rebate center phone number is 800-277-6187.

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Buy an Epson SureColor P700 and you will be eligible to receive a $200.00 rebate from Epson, or, buy an Epson SureColor P900 and you will be eligible to receive a $200.00 rebate from Epson.

The SureColor P700 is a 13 inch wide photo printer that includes the Epson UltraChrome® PRO10 ink set that allows automatic ink switching between photo and matte black with no ink loss. The SureColor P900 is the 17 inch wide version of the SureColor P700.

Click this link to see these Epson SureColor printers and for links to the rebate forms. These offers are valid through September 30, 2023.

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Another great cartoon posted on printplanet.com at this link.

To take advantage of our current Epson Paper Private Sale, please click this link. For a complete listing of eligible Epson Buy 3, Get 1 Free Signature Worthy and Legacy media, please click this link.

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Based on a notice from Epson:

Due to the continuing chip shortage, Epson UltraChrome HD and HDX ink cartridges of all sizes will transition to a different design with new part numbers starting June 1, 2023.

This change affects the Epson SureColor P6000, P7000, P8000, and P9000 printers worldwide. To use these new cartridges, the printers require new firmware BEFORE installing the new cartridges in the printer or running out of ink in the current cartridges. For that reason, it is critical that all customers update their printer to the latest firmware as soon as possible.

Click this link for more information.

Note: this firmware update needs to be done before switching to the new inks. Currently there is adequate stock of the existing ink that can be used without the firmware update. But, Epson is recommending that the firmware update be done as soon as possible to assure that all is good going forward.

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We've identified a few PC notebooks that provide excellent performance for the price. They have either AMD Ryzen or Intel latest generation processors. And, they all have 512 GB NVME solid state drives that give an extra performance boost.

Acer TravelMate TMP414 14IN that includes an AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U with a CPU Benchmark rating of 16,586, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, a 14 inch 1920 x 1200 resolution display and a 2 year warranty. It's currently priced at $859.00.

HP EliteBook 655 G10 15.6IN that includes an AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with a CPU Benchmark rating of 16,911, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, a 15.6 inch 1920 x 1080 resolution display and a 2 year warranty. It's currently priced at $929.00.

Acer TRAVELMATE PRO TMP414 14IN that includes an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U with a CPU Benchmark rating of 20,913, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, a 14 inch 1920 x 1200 resolution display and a 2 year warranty. It's currently priced at $949.00.

HP EliteBook 645 G10 that includes an Ryzen 7-7730U, with a CPU Benchmark rating of 19,370, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, a 14 inch 1920 x 1080 resolution display and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1039.00.

HP EliteBook 655 G9 that includes an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5875U with a CPU Benchmark rating of 16,322, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, a 15.6 inch 1920 x 1080 resolution display and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1159.00.

Lenovo ThinkPad T16 G1 that includes an Intel Core i5 (12th Gen) 1235U with a CPU Benchmark rating of 13,409, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, a 16 inch 1920 x 1200 resolution display and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1359.00.

Lenovo ThinkPad T16 G1 that includes an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U with a CPU Benchmark rating of 23,955, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, a 16 inch Touchscreen 1920 x 1200 resolution display and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1389.00.

Click this link for a listing of these computers.

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We've identified a few desktop PCs that provide excellent performance for the price. These computers have either AMD Ryzen or Intel 11th, 12th or 13th generation processors. And, they all have solid state drives that give an extra performance boost, and 1 or 3 year warranties. The more expensive models in this list have high performance graphics cards and would be great for CAD work as well as for work in the graphic arts.

Asus PN52 MINI PC that includes an AMD Ryzen 7-5800H with a CPU Benchmark rating of 21,258, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 1 year warranty. It's currently priced at $679.00.

Acer Veriton VX4680G SFF that includes an Intel Core i5 (11th Gen) 11400 processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 17,126, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $789.00.

Asus ExpertCenter D5 SFF that includes an Intel Core i5 12th Gen i5-12400 processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 19,504, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $799.00.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M75S GEN2 SFF that includes an AMD Ryzen 7-5750G processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 24,551, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $809.00.

Dell OptiPlex 7000 7010 Micro that includes an Intel Core i5 (13th Gen) i5-13500 processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 32,576, 8 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $919.00.

Dell OptiPlex 7000 7010 TOWER that includes an Intel Core i5 13th Gen i5-13500 processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 32,520, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1049.00.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M70S SFF that includes an Intel Core i7 (12th Gen) 12700 processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 31,343, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1199.00.

HP Z2 G9 Tower that includes an Intel Core i7 (13th Gen) 13700 processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 38,995, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1199.00.

HP Z2 G9 Tower that includes an Intel Core i7 (12th Gen) 12700 processor with a CPU Benchmark rating of 38,995, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD and a 3 year warranty. It's currently priced at $1,329.00.

Click this link for a listing of these computers.

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Special education discounts are available to K - 12 and higher education institutions for purchases of Epson's wide format printers. The Brighter Futures program includes both the SureColor P-Series professional imaging printers and the SureColor T-Series architectural and signage printers.

EPSON Professional Imaging P-Series wide format printers are designed for Photography, Fine Art, Proofing, and Graphic Design. And, with Epson’s Brighter Futures program, you can get significant savings off the regular price of SureColor P-series models:



To check out the Epson P-Series printers, please click this link.

Current Epson mail-in rebates can be used with SureColor P700 ($525.00 after the mail-in rebate) and P900 ($935.00 after the mail-in rebate) printer purchases, so the Brighter Futures pricing on these models is especially attractive.

The Epson T-Series printers are incredibly versatile and cover a wide variety of printing needs including posters (to promote football games, for example), maps, engineering drawings, banners, and even clear film for screen printing, at top of the line speeds. And, by utilizing Epson’s Brighter Futures program specifically designed for education, you can get significant savings off the regular price for any of the SureColor T-series models:



To check out the Epson T-Series printers, please click this link.

To download a comprehensive Epson Brighter Futures Product Guide, please click this link. And, call us for more information.

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Two copies of the "Remarks" photo book by G. Tchakarian, printed in 2001, are available for $100.00 each - proceeds will be donated to his wife Anna. Please call our office if you are interested.

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Image and photo by Garo Tchakarian - thank you for all of your hard work for Tastar!

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Garo Tchakarian has been helping Tastar in our ColorCentral demo room for the past few years. When he's in the demo room, he loves doing everything - running test prints on screen printing film, running demo prints for customers, testing various media (he used an awful lot of the Hahnemühle Hemp), working with color calibration and software RIPs and anything else that keeps him in touch with his roots in photography.

Garo is an accomplished photographer, and has recently scanned a few of his old negatives from photos that he took when he was in his home country. He was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and has been a photographer since 1975. During all of those years of creative activity, he has received over 15 international awards.

We would like to take this opportunity to display a few of these photographs. More of his photography can be found on his website.




Blind Man




For Whom the Bell Tolls




Maestro Cesario




Gypsy Boys




The House of Dying Memories

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Local photographer and expert printer, David Aschkenas, is having a show of his photography of Italian Synagogues and Churches at the Mendelson Gallery in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. The show's opening is on Wednesday, November 30, from 5 - 8 PM, and will be open on Saturdays and Sundays through December.






David Aschkenas website

Mendelson Gallery, 5874 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, 412-361- 8664
Mendelson Gallery website

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About this time every year, we have Epson wide-format printer users mentioning clogged print heads.

The primary cause is a lack of humidity in the air — because winter heating systems dry the air to a point below optimum operating humidity. The specification for operating humidity for Epson SureColor and Stylus Pro printers is between 40 to 50 percent. In an environment with forced air heat, the humidity level can easily drop below 20 percent. A simple solution is to add a small portable humidifier in the room with your Epson printer. It will help to keep your printer running smoothly and it will provide a healthier environment, too.

Click here to see the humidifiers and related items that we offer.

Note: based on the experience of Rod Watson at Teamwork Graphics, too much humidity isn't good for printing on inkjet film. He reduced the humidity in his Epson printer area from 75 percent to a lower level and got faster drying times as well as much better ink adhesion to the film. So, Epson printers love the right amount of humidity...