I always figured the key was to cut the treadmill. There's very little difference in how I use a printer today versus 10, 20 years ago, so why can't they just

I always figured the key was to cut the treadmill. There's very little difference in how I use a printer today versus 10, 20 years ago, so why can't they just sell me the same basic printer? I'm sure there's someone on the "edge" of the printer space-- maybe a firm that formerly offered laser printers but moved out of the home market (does Okidata still sell those LED-based printers?) where you could probably buy the rights to a proven design and firmware, maybe even the tooling itself, for basically scrap cost. Polish it up a little- fix the known issues on a 20-year-old design-- and restart the line with an advertised guarantee of long-term availability.