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I can’t wait for the laser ink variant!
Ah, you have one of those electric diesel cars I've been hearing about
I bet they have liquid ice, too.
I don’t know of any diesel electric cars, but most diesel locomotives use their diesel engines to generate electricity to run the drivetrain.
Edison Motors!
Same with ships.
Or natural gas being called a “green fuel” by German politicians.
Laser ink as in gray/brown-scale that chars the paper no ink needed!
Oh goody, we might have a real use for the "Printer on fire" message in the Linux kernel again!
That's direct thermal, not laser. Problem is direct thermal prints don't last very long and the paper is expensive. Thermal transfer uses expensive ribbons, and laser is super complex.
I hope someone finds a way of making laser charring/printing less complex.