Looks like the HP OfficeJet Pro 9025e is not really available anymore. Seems to be a rather old model (https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1721708/hp-9025e.html) ? What would be the sequel?

Hi,

There isn’t a newer model of the 9025e yet. The 9025e was released in 2021. It’s still widely available in North America, but it does look like it’s hard to find in Europe, which I assume is where you live. Unfortunately, there aren’t many other models that compete in the same price range with the same feature set. You can take a look at the Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180; it’s a little more expensive, but you’ll save more money in ink because it yields significantly more prints. Another option is the Epson EcoTank ET-4850, which also yields more prints but lacks duplex scanning and prints slower. If you don’t need to print photos, the Canon imageCLASS MF656Cdw is a great laser alternative.

Historically, Canon began the inkjet printer industry with single-nozzle, Zoltan Style piezo tube inkjets. HP smashed this market when Bubble jet Multi nozzle printhead technology dominated the industry. An overlooked inkjet startup, Howtek, Inc, in 1984 continued the single-nozzle, Zoltan technology and introduced the first full color all points addressable image and text sheet printer using hotmelt thermoplastic inks in 1984. The owner, Robert Howard, was friends of and partnered in business with Brother Industry’s Max Hugel. According to Howard, he thought of using inkjet first, as he wrote in his book, Connecting The Dots. Howtek slipped out of inkjet printing but not before, the CEO, Richard Helinski Patented the priciples of 3D printing without mentioning inkjet or hotmelts. Brother Industries also Patented 3D printing but never followed up with a printer. The Helinski Patent was licensed by Sanders Prototype (Solidsdspe,Inc), Stratasys and then bought by 3D Systems. The Howtek Inkjet technology is still in use today with similar inks and improved Zoltan style single-nozzle inkjets designed at Howtek by inkjet engineer James McMahon, originally from Exxon Office Systems and his 1981 Improved single-nozzle Inkjet System Patent.