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minus-square@Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink13•1 year agoYes they did exactly that actually Iirc from a YouTube video I watch long ago they trade mark all the ink printer technology and abused it for years until we made laser printers
minus-square@elucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink3•1 year agoI bought a laser printer for my job in 1990. They’ve been around
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYeah but they cost like thousands of dollars back then. Upwards of five figures for professional grade printers I believe. They were out of reach for most consumers.
minus-square@frezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilink3•1 year agoDo you mean patents? Trademarking ink wouldn’t do anything.
Yes they did exactly that actually
Iirc from a YouTube video I watch long ago they trade mark all the ink printer technology and abused it for years until we made laser printers
I bought a laser printer for my job in 1990. They’ve been around
Yeah but they cost like thousands of dollars back then. Upwards of five figures for professional grade printers I believe. They were out of reach for most consumers.
Do you mean patents? Trademarking ink wouldn’t do anything.