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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)
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[-] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca -4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

[-] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 11 points 5 days ago

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!

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

What's CUPS? And does my brother b&w cheap laser support it potentially?

[-] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 points 4 days 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.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

It could set up painlessly and still be a nightmare to own. Printers are just inherently awful devices.

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