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I’m not sure why you would regard black dots as invisible.
The EFF warned that no printers are safe (or something to that effect), as they gave up on the project to document the models with tracker dots. I suppose the question is: have any black laser printers been concretely identified as having tracker dots?
In any case, I think mono printers are safer simply because there is no legit cover story for that surveillance. So if someone gets caught doing something naughty, there would be a more reluctance to use the evidence if it reveals mono printers are compromised. A mono printer maker would have no defense for their anti-consumer design.