Instead of mucking about fabbing PCBs with the toner transfer method, or making masks for photosensitive boards, the holy grail of at-home circuit board manufacturing is a direct inkjet-to-etch ...

Such a moment came for [Aaron Christophel] when he bought a quantity of used e-ink price tags (German, Google Translate link) that had formerly graced the shelves of a supermarket. A pile of ...

That's why we've been testing printers for years – so you know what you're getting before you buy. Our lab experts reviewed 73 popular models, assessing key factors including print quality, speed, ...

A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, most inkjet printers are color printers that use four inks packaged in separate cartridges: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK.

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

These are the inkjet and laser devices that come equipped with the functionality you need at home in a form factor that won’t eat up too much living space or budget. When you’re working from ...

Whether it's a multifunction inkjet printer or a laser printer with scanning, copying and fax built in, the printer experts on my team test and review them to see how they stack up against the ...

The Maxify is geared toward home offices, but it can serve the needs of a heavy-printing family, too. It's all about printing enough, day in and day out, to leverage the low ink costs, since the ...

It’s easy to set up, and photo prints aren’t too bad, although the bigger issue is that the ink is quite expensive, so the upfront savings end up being paid down the line when you have to grab ...

The combination of a low initial price and low ink cost also means you don't have to print much before the savings makes the total cost of ownership lower than for most less-expensive printers.

In other words, they're cheap to buy, but you can wind up spending a pretty penny on ink. The Canon Pixma G3270 is an exception: It's reasonably affordable and also cheap to operate. Its ink comes ...

An inkjet printer is cheaper than laser printers and is useful for home and small offices. The ink tank can be easily refilled once it runs out. We consider each printer’s features, including ...