cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/47449079
I stumbled across this link in the comment of another post, and thought it was super promising!
Someone mentioned something about in the US, this would be illegal due to DRM laws - not sure about the specifics of this, but regardless an open source printer seems like something we’ve needed for ages, as printers are something that always seem like way more of a headache then they need to be. It seems like such a simple technology that has existed for quite some time, but they are always such a pain to deal with. (Maybe it’s just my bad luck with printers?)
99% of the difficulty is in the proprietary HP printheads they’re using. Once hp realizes they’re being used for this, they’ll cut them out of the market in the bat of an eye.
it’s cool but it’s still based on parts that degrade and you can’t manufacture.