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Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by pepoluan on Sunday October 17, 2021 @02:54AM (#28894524)
25 page X 10 is a total of just 250 pages, a desktop Inkjet printer (the kind that uses ink tanks, not cartridges) can handle it no sweat, if a bit slower. Probably takes half an hour to complete.

When you hit 100 pages for 20 people though... ;-)

But I agree with the general gist of your post. Desktop personal printers are simply not built for _regular_ high load.

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Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by kube-system on Sunday October 17, 2021 @09:55PM (#28901507)
The DeskJet I linked wouldn't be able to complete that print job, under any circumstance. Besides running out of paper, and overflowing the output tray -- the cartridges would run out before you finished the print job. The newer consumer inkjets with tanks will have enough ink, but likely won't have the tray capacity either. Most consumer printers are made to max-out around the length of a long school paper or a family's tax return.
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