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[–] Crikes 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I used to have a HP Laserjet or Laserwriter 4P, I think. Each toner cartridge would last forever and if you didn't need color, was as good a quality as I've ever seen. I no longer have one but a friend was telling me that she still uses hers as it's the cheapest ink. You can still get these old printers, & cartridges. However, it doesn't seem like any printers made in the last 15 years or so still use them.

I suspect I know why, but what I'm wondering is, could someone create a new printer without the unnecessary BS, that could use these cartridges? Is it simply that printer companies make all their money on ink, that no one has done this kind of thing? Could this be a lighthouse, or kickstarter, type project any of you would support? Maybe Open Source Ecology could make a printer.

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[–] green_man 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Laser printers use toner, and toner is a powder, it's not comparable to ink. I have no idea what the shelf life of toner is, but it's far better than any liquid based crap they're trying to sell you.

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