Epson has introduced it’s exiting the laser printer enterprise, citing environmental and enterprise issues.
Laser printers could also be the popular possibility for workplace environments, however prospects could have one much less alternative as Epson exits the market and throws its full weight behind inkjet expertise. The corporate stated it’s going to finish all gross sales of laser printers by 2026, coinciding with elevated funding in its Warmth-Free inkjet tech. The corporate will, nonetheless, proceed to supply current prospects restore elements and different consumables.
“We’ve lengthy been dedicated to sustainable inkjet expertise and have now determined to section out gross sales of laser printer {hardware},” stated Koichi Kubota, normal administrative supervisor of Epson’s Gross sales & Advertising Division. “As an organization we’re completely dedicated to sustainable innovation and motion, and inkjets merely use much less vitality and fewer consumable elements. Whereas laser printers work by heating and fusing toner to a web page, Epson’s Warmth-Free inkjet expertise consumes much less electrical energy through the use of mechanical vitality to fireplace ink onto the web page.
“Our printing enterprise will from now put the concentrate on inkjet, leveraging our propriety expertise to ship environment friendly, sustainable print options for our companions and finish customers.”
The information follows a examine the corporate performed in 2019 that reveals an amazing distinction within the environmental affect between inkjet and laser printers.
“As Epson’s inkjet printers don’t use warmth within the printing course of, they devour far much less energy than laser printers,” the corporate writes. “Epson’s inkjet printers consumes as much as 85% much less vitality than a similar-speed laser printer which implies for a typical workplace that requires frequent printing, this will quantity to distinct financial savings of their annual vitality payments[1].
“Epson inkjet printers additionally produce as much as 85% much less carbon dioxide than these of comparable laser printers2. Because of this for each 6 cedar bushes required to soak up the quantity of carbon dioxide on account of utilizing a laser printer, an Epson inkjet printer requires only one cedar tree.”
The corporate additionally makes clear that inkjets are additionally the higher possibility for patrons, since they require far much less alternative elements over the lifetime of the printer.
“When it comes to waste technology, Epson inkjet printers include fewer elements that want changing, making it extra handy to function because it requires solely altering the ink and waste ink field versus toner, drum, developer, fusers and extra elements for laser fashions,” the corporate provides. “This isn’t a tiny element as – with as much as 59% much less alternative elements in comparison with laser printers3– it leads to a major minimal impact on the setting over the lifetime of a printer.”
Kudos to Epson for demonstrating that the accountable alternative will also be one that’s good for shoppers and placing that alternative above income.
