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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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