Stefan Mileschin

Will save the polar bear*

Epson announced this month that it will end the sale and distribution of laser printer hardware by 2026, claiming that it will help save the planet.*

According to the company, inkjets have a "greater potential" than laser printers to make "meaningful advances" when it comes to the environment.

Epson sales and marketing manager Koichi Kubota claimed that inkjets use less energy and fewer consumable parts.

"Laser printers work by heating and fusing toner to a page, Epson's Heat-Free inkjet technology consumes less electricity by using mechanical energy to fire ink onto the page.*Our printing business will from now put the focus on inkjet," added Kubota. A 2019 Epson blog post claimed its inkjets consume 85 percent less energy than similar-speed laser printers.

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