HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::“Never own a printer again.”

  • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Are there any open source paper printers around? Like there are with 3D printers such as the Voron?

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      8 months ago

      I don’t know of any open source printers, but Brother laser printers are good. Brother is a 116-year-old Japanese industrial manufacturer. Their printers are simple, reliable, they support their printers for a very long time, and they make linux drivers. AND as far as I know they haven’t tried any HP-style fuckery.

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        8 months ago

        I also own a Brother printer since I ragequit HP last year. While playing with the settings last week i manually checked the firmware and noticed a possible update. When searching online for the release notes, i found thread after thread of people wanting to revert the update because it blocked third party toners? I hope Brother doesn’t go the HP way…

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      8 months ago

      To my knowledge, no—the type of person who would be able to create such a printer usually isn’t interested in making printouts. Theoretically, an impact character printer (daisy wheel) is within the range of an enthusiastic hobbyist with enough programming knowledge to write the driver. A laser printer of modest resolution should be within the reach of a skilled team. Inkjet I think requires too many specialized parts.