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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I wish it was more common for printers to have or be supported by open source firmware. Maybe then I might start to trust them enough to buy one.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

BRB, attaching a pen to my GRBL-based CNC and looking for a PostScript to G-Code converter...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

This is actually a really easy conversion for popular 3d printers like the ender3, there are so many plotter mods.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Funnily enough, not being able to modify a printer's firmware is what turned Richard Stallman into the free software advocate.

(Well, it was more the drop that made an already very full glass overflow, but still, “the printer story” has de facto come to be known as the point where free software started.)