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The open-source, DRM-free Open Printer shows off a working prototype (www.techspot.com)
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[–] crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

I'm sorry, English is not my first language, and I may not have explained clearly.

The open printer likely prints at 1200 x 300 dpi (explained in my other comment) in color and the author of the article just reported it as 1200.

There is no was they can achieve stable cmyK prints at 1200 dpi, but only 600 dpi with just the K.

Therefore your printer is likely 16X more precise than the open one. This is quite important as inkjet printing is meant for high quality prints as it's both slow and expensive.