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An open source repairable printer. (www.crowdsupply.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/opensource@programming.dev
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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?)

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[–] ertai@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is one of the first appliances I tought about when I discovered open hardware. Considering it was a proprietary printer that first roused Richard Stallman's anger, and considering printers have had some of the most unfair and obnoxious defective designs, it seemed only fitting to liberate those machines first. Only a few weeks ago did I have a friend telling me their printer had refused to work, until pers figured out pers's subscription had expired. There was nothing I could do apart from warning them once more about DRM and proprietary software and hardware. It is good news indeed to see someone working on this.

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well, it isn't open hardware. It's license isn't OSH compliant.

[–] ertai@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for pointing that out. The non-commercial license is a disappointment, but it's still better than conventional printers.