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Re:MX-80 – Ahead of its time: A small, lightweight computer ... by Klinky on Sunday December 09, 2018 @12:13PM (#18641933)
If it's a hundred pages on laser, how is it going to be any fewer pages on dot matrix? It's not like dot matrix is going to magically improve spatial information density. Also toner is the most efficient use of ink, a ribbon is certainly not efficient.
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Re:MX-80 – Ahead of its time: A small, lightweight computer ... by slededit on Monday December 10, 2018 @02:03AM (#18645824)
The ink is a lot cheaper than toner.
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Re:MX-80 – Ahead of its time: A small, lightweight computer ... by zmix on Friday December 14, 2018 @10:15AM (#18681325)
That is, what I guess, though I have no numbers. That dot-matrix ribbon ink is cheaper than toner.

Also, I'd like to have a A3 sized, colored dot matrix printer. That as Laser would be extremly expensive.

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