Isn’t It Time For An Open Source Printer?
We already have a project aimed at providing us with Open Source Video Card. We already have open source software. If I had experience building printers I’d be working on an open source printer. Seeing the way that HP cheats it’s clients I’m surprised no one started such a project.
Seriously I’m sick and tired of printers becomming cheaper and cheaper yet paying more and more for cartridges. Couldn’t we fix this with an open source printer?
on February 15th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
My thoughts exactly, I’m tired of cheap printers getting broken within a couple months of purchasing.
Alas, i have neither the capital or the expertise. But it sounds like a good idea. You could probably cash in quite some bucks in the process, selling the best damn printers out there. You could even get into the ink business yourself, provided the ink is cheap enough to compete with other “open” ink refillers.
on September 24th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Trust me, if i can figure out how to make a cnc i am gonna make a cnc printer! and open source… i want to make an extrememe large format printer at hacker prices :p