▲ 576 ▼ The Open Printer Is a Raspberry Pi Zero W-Powered, Fully-Open, Highly-Flexible Inkjet Printer (www.hackster.io) submitted 1 year ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/opensource@programming.dev 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (5 children) now do laser. fuck inkjets permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) Inkjets are actually really fascinating technology. If you squint a little it's like a CRT monitor that sprays ink instead of electrons. But for the average consumer they're just not worth it except in niche situations. I have a black and white inkjetlaser printer. I printed a page for the first time in 7 months yesterday. It printed perfectly the first time. No print heads to clean, no dried ink, nothing. It just works. Hard to compete with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) was it plugged in and doing head maintenance all those 7 months? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Sorry I meant laser permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) So, if I take an old CRT, fill the tube with ink and squint outward, will I get an inkjet printer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Well if you don't it means you didn't squint hard enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) Inkjets are actually really fascinating technology. If you squint a little it's like a CRT monitor that sprays ink instead of electrons. But for the average consumer they're just not worth it except in niche situations. I have a black and white inkjetlaser printer. I printed a page for the first time in 7 months yesterday. It printed perfectly the first time. No print heads to clean, no dried ink, nothing. It just works. Hard to compete with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) was it plugged in and doing head maintenance all those 7 months? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Sorry I meant laser permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) So, if I take an old CRT, fill the tube with ink and squint outward, will I get an inkjet printer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Well if you don't it means you didn't squint hard enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) was it plugged in and doing head maintenance all those 7 months? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Sorry I meant laser permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) So, if I take an old CRT, fill the tube with ink and squint outward, will I get an inkjet printer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Well if you don't it means you didn't squint hard enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Well if you don't it means you didn't squint hard enough. permalink fedilink source parent