About 22 years ago, my parents bought me a HP Deskjet 500 inkjet printer. From memory, it cost about $700 NZ at the time, which is equivalent about $500 US. It was a pretty cool black and white printer, pretty fast (prints a page in about 30 seconds), with a resolution of 300x300 dpi.
22年前，爸媽幫我買了台 HP Deskjet 500噴墨式印表機。記憶中，大概花了$700紐幣，換成美金約$500。那時候覺得這個黑白印表機超棒，印的快(一頁大概花30秒)，解析度約300x300dpi.
A few years later (around 17-18 years ago), my parents bought me a handheld scanner. You used it like a paint roller, except you roll it on a piece of paper or a book, and the image will show up on the computer. It was super cool, but from memory it also cost over $100, and you had to be super careful about how you roll along the page, because any mistake will cause the image to be distorted.
再過了幾年 (約17-18年前), 爸媽買了台 手滑式的掃描器。這個掃描器的使用發方法跟油漆滚刷一樣，把一本書擺在桌上，用掃描器滾過去，那頁畫面就會出現在螢幕上。非常酷，但是也要超過一百塊，而且滾的時候一不小心滾歪了，就會把圖案弄壞。
A week ago, I bought a printer/scanner/photocopier All-In-One HP Deskjet 2130 for $18 AUD ($14 USD). It is also an inkjet printer, prints in black and white as well as color, with the resolution of 600 x 600 dpi, at a faster speed than the Deskjet 500. It also scans documents and photocopies at the touch of a button.
一個禮拜前， 我花$18澳幣($14美金)買了台打印/掃描/複印三功能合一的HP Deskjet 2130, 也是噴墨式的打印機, 彩色黑白都能印，解析度是600x600dpi, 速度也比以前的Deskjet 500快。這個印表機還能掃描，按一個鈕就能複印。
Is there something that you bought recently that has dropped drastically over the years? feel free to share.
你最近有買什麼價錢比以前便宜很多的東西嗎? 跟我們分享一下!
The receipt shows $18 Australian, which is equivalent to about $14 US. 印表機的收據，上面是寫澳幣$18, 換算成美金約$14
My website that I printed and re-scanned back into the computer using this printer. 我網站印出來又再掃描進去。
If you would like to see how to set up the printer, or how to scan using this printer, click my videos below. 如果你想看怎么安装或使用这印表机, 请看以下影片.
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