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Why nobody has made an open source ink jet printer design like reprap, I will never understand. The printer industry seems primed for disruption with all their bullshit and their half century old technology.
...and now they get chains.
Until a big company realizes the most profitable thing to do is take that option off the table
My guess. They couldn't get the printer to work. My 3D printer has a lower problem count than my ink jet regular printed at this point.
Hmmm we don't need to build a new printer, just new firmware. More like ddwrt or tomato
Time to invent dd-lpt
Right? Why buy a paper printer for less than $100 when you can spend $2000 on a 3D printer + materials and time spent learning and fucking up! Wish I thought of that!
Probably because they wouldn't be as profitable.
HP could sell like a tenth the printers and still make more money
Ya, the abacus industry is also ripe for disruption. Legacy industries would love your pro insight.