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Shit like this is why we need open source printers! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Would you accept a printer that works like a typewriter with arms that strike the page to lay down text?

What about a 2d pen plotter? Not nearly as fast as an inkjet, but still open source

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

There's some projects out there for those.

[–] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Plotters are problematic, due to them beeing very very slow and that everthing they print has to be converted into a vector first.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Fonts are vectors

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I haven't seen an actual plotter in decades, they're all just large format printers nowadays.