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this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.
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it'd require that all OEM's agree to specific standards and they won't because being closed source = $$$.
likewise why no one is reverse engineering printers, there's no $$$ in it
I wonder how feasible an open source printer would be, like the open source 3d printers.
3D print a plate with your document on it. Dip the plate in ink and press it to a sheet of paper.
The latest update to the printing press: adding a 3d printer to print new plates, and a recycler to reuse that plastic once you've printed your page.
Uses 10x the energy, recycled plastic gets junked because of ink contamination, but still 25% cheaper than running an hp inkjet because you can use bulk ink and don't have to keep replacing your dried up CMY inks to stop it from refusing to print your black and white document.
The demonic summoning ritual involved in bringing a printer to life is awfully hard to replicate using non-proprietary methods.