> If yes, then why not use an ink-jet print head

Hi Sergey

I'd definitely thought of using a printhead. And daydreamed about
it long and hard last week when I was stripping down scrap printers

It's not out of the question. Each method has its pros and cons

For example red laser marks darker materials best (probably a
frequency match between red light and brown wood), printer marks
light materials best (pine, balsa, tawa etc), unless you use a colour
cartridge and switch from blue to yellow

It would be fairly easy to mechanically convert a desktop printer
to feed wood instead of paper. Scaling that to A0 might be tricky,
but still doable

Maybe a bit more daydreaming will help

Joe
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