Ink-tank printers: Ready for business?
Predictions of the ‘paperless office’ have been around for decades, but although email and electronic document formats — such as Adobe’s PDF — are widely used, printing stubbornly remains a significant cost for many businesses. It’s also well known that printer manufacturers generally make most of their profit not from the cost of the printers themselves, but from sales of replacement ink and toner cartridges.
These cartridges have been a cash cow for printer manufacturers for many years, but more affordable and sustainable printing technologies are now finding their way into the workplace.