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More energy has been wasted and more harm to the environment has been done from inkjet cartridges that dried out and stopped working when mostly full than from
by Arainach 4y ago
More energy has been wasted and more harm to the environment has been done from inkjet cartridges that dried out and stopped working when mostly full than from laser printers by a long shot.
I remember having to replace inkjet cartridges several times a year even if I only printed a few pages and having to replace the printers themselves often. I've owned two printers in the last 13 years. Both are Brother laser printers, and I only bought the second because I wanted duplex and Wifi and my old one didn't support them. As far as I know, the old one is still running for the person I sold it to.
On a commercial level, even if you run the printer constantly and consumables don't matter, the energy spent by people waiting for slow inkjets to print almost certainly has a bigger impact than power consumption.
- eternityforest 4y agoColor laser printers have only recently become reasonably priced for a home user though, and are still a bit more expensive up front. Plus, they emit particles into the air, and for some reason I have never heard of one with any kind of filtration feature to stop that.
- Arainach 4y agoHow often are people printing in color? I print 3-4 things in color per year, and I just go to FedEx when necessary
- eternityforest 4y agoAlmost everything I print is color, usually things like signs, decorations, letters with photos, etc. If I printed documents regularly I suppose I'd probably want a laser, but it's not a very common thing for me, maybe twice a year, generally 1 or 2 pages at most.