▲ 145 ▼ Working prototype of open-source printer appears in first video — DRM-free 'Open Printer' inkjet still has no announced price, ship date, or print speed, nine months after it first appeared (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/opensource@programming.dev 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children) I bet it's still going to be a pain in the butt to set up in Linux and make it work properly. Edit: it was a joke, you guys permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 11 points 3 months ago (2 children) Printing on Linux is like the simplest thing in the world because of CUPS. If you bought a printer that doesn't support CUPS that's on you, dawg! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago What's CUPS? And does my brother b&w cheap laser support it potentially? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 point 3 months ago I know, I was joking. I never got to get borderless photo printing to work on my ink jet printer though. I had to keep a Windows VM just to run the Canon photo print software for that purpose. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago It could set up painlessly and still be a nightmare to own. Printers are just inherently awful devices. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 11 points 3 months ago (2 children) Printing on Linux is like the simplest thing in the world because of CUPS. If you bought a printer that doesn't support CUPS that's on you, dawg! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago What's CUPS? And does my brother b&w cheap laser support it potentially? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 point 3 months ago I know, I was joking. I never got to get borderless photo printing to work on my ink jet printer though. I had to keep a Windows VM just to run the Canon photo print software for that purpose. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago What's CUPS? And does my brother b&w cheap laser support it potentially? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 point 3 months ago I know, I was joking. I never got to get borderless photo printing to work on my ink jet printer though. I had to keep a Windows VM just to run the Canon photo print software for that purpose. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago It could set up painlessly and still be a nightmare to own. Printers are just inherently awful devices. permalink fedilink source parent