Comments on: PrePeat Printer uses no ink nor paper

By: Kathy Ink

Kathy Ink — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:23:15 +0000

You are correct it is expensive and probably not worth the effort, given we are really trying to become a paperless working society. Great idea though.

By: Brent Johns

Brent Johns — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:04:01 +0000

After doing some research on the Prepeat printer, without taking into consideration the unknowns like the speed of the printer or even how reliable the printer is along with who would be capable of servicing this printer, I have listed an example of cost below;

Purchasing an HP Laserjet 1320n would cost roughly $100.00. This printer is 22ppm and should last approximately 1 million – 2 million prints if serviced regularly. eco-imaging.com sales a Jumbo Yield toner cartridge (Q5949J) for $49.00 with a page yield of 9,200. If you do the math and divide the price of the cartridge by the number of prints ($49.00 by 9,200) = $.0053 per print. That is less than 1/2 a penny per print. Now, divide the cost of the Prepeat printer ($5,500.00 by $.0053) and you’ll see that you can print 1,037,735 for the same cost of the printer.

In comparing prices of paper, although it isn’t as environmentally friendly, it would actually be a little bit less to purchase regular paper to run through a printer if you have a duplex unit on your printer and print both front and back versus the Prepeat paper. It would be $33.00 for their paper and approximately $22.00 – $25.00 to purchase a case of paper. Of course, not knowing the environmental aspect of their paper and the impact that it has on the environment is still an unknow factor to us as well.

Written by Brent C. Johns of eco-imaging.com – 866-228-9030

By: 10 Awesome Green Ideas « Lesley Voth

10 Awesome Green Ideas « Lesley Voth — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:04:53 +0000

[...] says printers only use paper to print documents? It’s time for you to meet the PrePeat Printer then. Different from conventional printers, PrePeat adopts a thermal head to print on [...]

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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:03:12 +0000

[...] a final, though very expensive step: switch ink-jet and laser printers for a PrePeat printer, which works without ink or plain paper, and reuses special plastic sheets hundreds of times by [...]

By: Peter Gutenberg

Peter Gutenberg — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:38:02 +0000

Heated mouse and mouse pad now that is not cool. ha ha. The chair on the other hand could be a great asset to the home office or if you have a great employer you may be able to negotiate some much needed luxuries for your working life.

By: Zaak

Zaak — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:22:40 +0000

I like the pencil printer better. This sounds like a reinvent of scantrons that were used back in the day with projectors. Yes, they are reusable and the idea is clever but it will make more plastic waste. The documents will get bent, warped and ruined and become plastic landfill… far better to invent biodegradable ink and paper… and printer for that matter. Keep trying.