Japanese electronics and printer manufacturer Epson announced this month it would cease selling and distributing laser printer hardware after 2026. This was due to sustainability issues. Report: According to the company inkjets are more likely than laser printers that they can make “meaningful advancements” in the environment. While the company has already stopped laser printer sales in some markets, it continued to sell in Asia and Europe. Epson stated that even though new hardware will not be available everywhere, it will continue to provide support for consumers with consumables as well as spare parts.
“As a company, we are completely committed to sustainable innovations and action and inkjets just use less energy,” said Koichi Kubota (Epson sales and marketing manager) in a canned statement. Epson’s Heat Free inkjet technology uses mechanical energy to ignite ink onto a page. Laser printers heat and fuse toner to a page.