▲ 865 ▼ The open-source, DRM-free Open Printer shows off a working prototype (www.techspot.com) submitted 4 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (5 children) Say it with me pow-der based to-ners. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 2 points 4 months ago (4 children) For printing art? :< That's why I want a printer, personally. For documents and stuff we can go to the library. Printing kinky furry art, not so much. -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* My ink printer which has been empty on ink since 2017, is my scanner and nothing else. I think I got that printer free with a mail-in rebate. Rememeber when they used to just give printers away with almost anything? Buy a camera you get a printer with a mail-in rebate, but a stereo you get a pritner, buy any computer over 400$ and you get a fuckin' printer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) Anything. Literally anything. I've noticed laser printing for pictures gives that nice quality and it just bumps everything up by a mile. https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/printers/printer/14385/Lexmark-C3224dw That's the one I've had for almost ten years. The new model is exactly the same and like 350$ but the amount of money you save on ink is incredible. I ate the high upfront cost because I knew I would be saving on ink. I got the big bottles of toner powder for like I think 80$ (ebay) which is what the cost of one ink cartridge. So for the cost of an ink cartridge I have 3 1/2 refills worth of powder for my toners. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Ooh, good to hear there are laser printers out there that can print good art! Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. I haven't purchased ink in so long I forgot the price. I just googled it. Looks like it could range depending on the brand name and the printer you're getting the ink for could be 15$ could be 60$ depending on full sets or singles but they're so small and run out so quick. You'd be spending 60$ on like three cartridges for what a laser printer could do for less than half of that. And that would be just your black cartridge. So if all of them ran out that's about 80$ a set. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 2 points 4 months ago (4 children) For printing art? :< That's why I want a printer, personally. For documents and stuff we can go to the library. Printing kinky furry art, not so much. -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* My ink printer which has been empty on ink since 2017, is my scanner and nothing else. I think I got that printer free with a mail-in rebate. Rememeber when they used to just give printers away with almost anything? Buy a camera you get a printer with a mail-in rebate, but a stereo you get a pritner, buy any computer over 400$ and you get a fuckin' printer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) Anything. Literally anything. I've noticed laser printing for pictures gives that nice quality and it just bumps everything up by a mile. https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/printers/printer/14385/Lexmark-C3224dw That's the one I've had for almost ten years. The new model is exactly the same and like 350$ but the amount of money you save on ink is incredible. I ate the high upfront cost because I knew I would be saving on ink. I got the big bottles of toner powder for like I think 80$ (ebay) which is what the cost of one ink cartridge. So for the cost of an ink cartridge I have 3 1/2 refills worth of powder for my toners. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Ooh, good to hear there are laser printers out there that can print good art! Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. I haven't purchased ink in so long I forgot the price. I just googled it. Looks like it could range depending on the brand name and the printer you're getting the ink for could be 15$ could be 60$ depending on full sets or singles but they're so small and run out so quick. You'd be spending 60$ on like three cartridges for what a laser printer could do for less than half of that. And that would be just your black cartridge. So if all of them ran out that's about 80$ a set. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* My ink printer which has been empty on ink since 2017, is my scanner and nothing else. I think I got that printer free with a mail-in rebate. Rememeber when they used to just give printers away with almost anything? Buy a camera you get a printer with a mail-in rebate, but a stereo you get a pritner, buy any computer over 400$ and you get a fuckin' printer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) Anything. Literally anything. I've noticed laser printing for pictures gives that nice quality and it just bumps everything up by a mile. https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/printers/printer/14385/Lexmark-C3224dw That's the one I've had for almost ten years. The new model is exactly the same and like 350$ but the amount of money you save on ink is incredible. I ate the high upfront cost because I knew I would be saving on ink. I got the big bottles of toner powder for like I think 80$ (ebay) which is what the cost of one ink cartridge. So for the cost of an ink cartridge I have 3 1/2 refills worth of powder for my toners. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Ooh, good to hear there are laser printers out there that can print good art! Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. I haven't purchased ink in so long I forgot the price. I just googled it. Looks like it could range depending on the brand name and the printer you're getting the ink for could be 15$ could be 60$ depending on full sets or singles but they're so small and run out so quick. You'd be spending 60$ on like three cartridges for what a laser printer could do for less than half of that. And that would be just your black cartridge. So if all of them ran out that's about 80$ a set. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Ooh, good to hear there are laser printers out there that can print good art! Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. I haven't purchased ink in so long I forgot the price. I just googled it. Looks like it could range depending on the brand name and the printer you're getting the ink for could be 15$ could be 60$ depending on full sets or singles but they're so small and run out so quick. You'd be spending 60$ on like three cartridges for what a laser printer could do for less than half of that. And that would be just your black cartridge. So if all of them ran out that's about 80$ a set. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Also $80 for a cartridge?? holy HECK ink is a ripoff. Wow. I haven't purchased ink in so long I forgot the price. I just googled it. Looks like it could range depending on the brand name and the printer you're getting the ink for could be 15$ could be 60$ depending on full sets or singles but they're so small and run out so quick. You'd be spending 60$ on like three cartridges for what a laser printer could do for less than half of that. And that would be just your black cartridge. So if all of them ran out that's about 80$ a set. permalink fedilink source parent