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Dot matrix printer go EEEEEEEN-futfutfut-EEEEEEEEN-futfutfut...(lemmy.world)

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prole@sh.itjust.works
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I’m convinced that in the late 90s/early 00s, the printer companies got together to form a cartel, and have purposefully neutered all consumer-grade printers from that point forward. They knew it wasn’t profitable (unless they charge an arm and a leg for the ink, which of course they eventually did), so they decided to just not play the game at all.

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Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Yes they did exactly that actually

Iirc from a YouTube video I watch long ago they trade mark all the ink printer technology and abused it for years until we made laser printers

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elucubra@sopuli.xyz
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I bought a laser printer for my job in 1990. They’ve been around

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prole@sh.itjust.works
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Yeah but they cost like thousands of dollars back then. Upwards of five figures for professional grade printers I believe. They were out of reach for most consumers.

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frezik@midwest.social
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Do you mean patents? Trademarking ink wouldn’t do anything.

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