Some more news about the OpenPrinter project. With a poll asking for planned usage of potential users, probably to help them prepare a first production batch.

I am excited to see the project progress !

Here is their website as well for interested people : https://www.opentools.studio/

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[โ€“] 22 points 1 month ago

Ink anarchy

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I remember looking at this at some point and first being excited, but then disappointed.

    I do not remember the exact reason, but it had something to do with how open/not open it is.

    Some part was still very proprietary or something, kind of defeating the purpose.

    Someone more invested than me might know what I'm rambling about, but I really hope this is as good as it looks at a first glance.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Only thing I donโ€™t get is that paper roll I have to specifically buy for this printer but small size is appreciated

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    You can also use sheets if you don't want a roll.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 month ago

    In the questionnaire that asked what you'd be interested in: standard paper size, a roll or both.

    I think both will be possible regarding how much they've communicated the roll by now and how they might lose out on a big user base if they force the roll on the user. Their best bet would be imo to have some kind of swappable feeder, on for rolls and one for sheets. Depending on how expensive that would be, they might need to sell versions that only contains 1 of those feeders. Maybe I'm wrong and their design has a feeder that somehow handles both.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 month ago

    This is beautiful, itโ€™s so simple looking

    I bet you could mod this into a pen plotter by simply adding a servo to wind the spool back too.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago

    Cool. Iโ€™ll want that once my Oki ML320 stops working

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    I don't see any poll on their website

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    Let me know when theyโ€™ll let me feed it A4.

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