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[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Inkjets are actually really fascinating technology. If you squint a little it's like a CRT monitor that sprays ink instead of electrons. But for the average consumer they're just not worth it except in niche situations. I have a black and white ~~inkjet~~laser printer. I printed a page for the first time in 7 months yesterday. It printed perfectly the first time. No print heads to clean, no dried ink, nothing. It just works. Hard to compete with that.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 22 hours ago

So, if I take an old CRT, fill the tube with ink and squint outward, will I get an inkjet printer?

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

was it plugged in and doing head maintenance all those 7 months?

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Sorry I meant laser

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