The issue with color laser printers is they generally need a print head for each color iirc.
There are LED laser printers that don’t require this though
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Eldritch@piefed.world 14 hours ago
While I'd personally love to see an open color lazer printer more. (Less wasteful and more rugged) This is still fantastic! It's always been a saying of mine that modern printers are the torture devices of our time. This could go a long long way to right a lot of these wrongs. I will definitely have to check this out.
Dhs92@piefed.social 12 hours ago
Eldritch@piefed.world 12 hours ago
Oh I know. No shade on them for starting with inkjet. Long term though the lazer/LED printers are just the more economical and sustainable option. This is a welcome disruption regardless.
tal@olio.cafe 11 hours ago
I use a black-and-white laser printer, but if I were going to use a color laser printer, I’d like to have an open color laser printer simply because I’d like to have a printer that isn’t dumping printer tracking dots into each image I print.
Eldritch@piefed.world 11 hours ago
Yes, I have a black and white brother lazer printer. That thing is a workhorse. Still gives problems every so often, but far more reliable than any inkjet printer I've ever had. And far less costly to maintain.