Friends don’t let their friends buy HP.

  • Cosmicomical@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I think it’s time for an open source 2d printer project, we have open source 3d printers and the technology is much more complex than 2d. Time to put HP to sleep

    • Player2@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      I would argue that 2D printing is a lot more complicated than 3D, and it’s not even close

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          8 months ago

          I think it is a combination of the required precision, liquid ink vs solid filament and the difficulty of handing paper vs simply moving a print bed on a 3d printer.

          • Zacryon@feddit.de
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            8 months ago

            I’d argue that this is not an issue from a technical perspective, which would halt open hardware endeavours.

            The precision is mainly a problem regarding the used motors / actuation system, which in turn is “just” a money issue, but the hardware is there. Paper handling is pretty easy.

            I don’t know how complicated it would be to create ink or laser cartridges, but given that there are a lot of 3rd party vendors who offer refill services, I suppose it is manageable.

            My guess for the reason why there is no open hardware 2D printer yet is, because nobody has seriously started such a project yet.