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Old 01-20-2015, 01:05 PM
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As far as the Chinese cloning them, I have no idea. But my take on why they died is that they weren't very good printers (as a typical printer goes), they were expensive and the print cartridges were costly compared to a color laser printer or an inkjet. Sure, the "ink" is waterproof and fade-proof, but that matters only to a small subset of the World of Printer Users. The devices are also fragile and weird, and I really don't think most users cared to put up with that. Hence I think the sales were low and the warranty returns high.

Compared to other printing technologies, I don't think that "niche"even begins to describe the small market these printers have (and had).
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