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printer is one odd bunch of computing output devices
when other types of output devices (such as monitor display, hdmi, usb, etc) evolves and improved over decades, printer is bring so much little into the mix
They evolved backwards. Back in the day you sent the raw text over the parallel port and it just printed it
They have tho. Like, they have made it cheaper. And the new inktank models are economically efficient.