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Open Source Printer coming before 2027 (www.opentools.studio)

submitted 2 days ago by BeatL@pawb.social to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Open source printer with refillable ink, no bullshit, accept rolls of papers.

Finally an open source printer ! I dealt with so much stupidity with printers. it warm my heart.

I do have too much joy to practice mandatory critical thinking about the release of a new project. Lets talk about it? i am not the only one to be happy about it, i have no info about the price though :/

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[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Curious how 3D beat 2D by, what, 10 years?

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ease really. Once the patents expired it was fairly simply to make a 3d printer, which is essentially a hot nozzle squirting plastic. It’s more akin to a pen plotter

An inkjet printer is significantly more complex. Even if you know how it works you essentially need a semiconductor level fab to make the printhead. That’s why all these projects just reverse engineer hp cartridges. Literally every inkjet printer patent could’ve expired 10 years ago and it wouldn’t change the engineering and manufacturing challenges

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

3D is actually 100% open source.

This still uses proprietary cartridges.