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The only reason I'd print anything is for artwork. Laser is incredibly bad at making nice colours.
Also... Isn't laser essentially beaming small plastic particles into the paper? Another win for microplastics.
Plastic powder based toner, yes. But there's multiple types of pigment, not just that
The laser is not beaming anything except light. It changes a static charge on the print drum in the desired shape that the toner particles are attracted to and then fused on to the paper by the hot fuser.
Ok, but the toner particles are still plastic.