Originally Posted by
Momoe
BEAMR,
Ink is the way to go for volume printing? Got any statistics to back that up?
Of course: roughly 95% of all the print outs in the world are made with inks. Consider news papers etc.
But in the office as well: HP has been out with press based ink solutions (HP PageWide) for ten years, and it is significantly cheaper to use than toner based devices (less wearing parts, less parts in general, faster speeds, up to 90% less energy consumption etc). In fact, it has been so competitive that Canon, Kyocera and others are coming up with their ink solutions for office in the near future.
Also, looking at large format printing, more than 95% of solutions are ink based, and that is professional usage in its purest form with significant volumes (photos, ads, line drawings, CAD etc). Never minding the packaging business with all the amazon/UPS/DHL/younameit boxes being printed.
Adding 3D printing, which is always a liquid form being printed (though it may be in solid form in the beginning).
Coming back to office printing; If in doubt, take a look at this, it took Canon 10 years to admit that ink is the way to go but now they are doing it:
https://asia.canon/en/consumer/new-h...-printers/news
So the fact is that ink is the way in large volumes and professional printing. Dry toners are still useful, but in the future in more specific areas.