Japanese electronics printer maker Epson announced that it will cease the sale and distribution laser printer hardware in 2026. The company cited sustainability concerns. A report: According to the company, inkjets offer “greater potential” to make “meaningful progresses” in protecting the environment. While the company has already stopped laser printer sales in some markets, it continued to sell in Asia and Europe. Epson promised that it would continue to offer consumables and spare parts support, even though the new hardware wouldn’t be available everywhere.
“As an organization, we are totally committed to sustainable innovation. Inkjets simply consume less energy and have fewer consumable parts,” Koichi Kubota, Epson’s sales and marketing manager said in a canned statement. Epson’s Heat Free Inkjet Technology uses mechanical energy to fire ink onto pages, while laser printers heat and fuse toner.