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HP is in the rent-a-printer business now
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this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2024
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Patents are prohibiting anyone from developing something like that.
When do the patents expire? Seems like 2D printers are relatively old technology by this point.
fax machines are the predecessor to 2d printers i guess
For example, a very important patent for any inkjet is the one where heads self clean, basically maintenance. Without that, an inkjet printer would be a pain to have.
x doubt
I'm sure there would be workaounds to that, also I'm not selling anything, just sharing a project and list of components. i'm not a lawyer but i'm pretty sure there's nothing they can do to stop me