cm0002@lemy.lol to Opensource@programming.dev · 6 days agoWorking prototype of open-source printer appears in first video — DRM-free 'Open Printer' inkjet still has no announced price, ship date, or print speed, nine months after it first appearedwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1147
arrow-up1147external-linkWorking prototype of open-source printer appears in first video — DRM-free 'Open Printer' inkjet still has no announced price, ship date, or print speed, nine months after it first appearedwww.tomshardware.comcm0002@lemy.lol to Opensource@programming.dev · 6 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoI bet it’s still going to be a pain in the butt to set up in Linux and make it work properly. Edit: it was a joke, you guys
minus-squaredrkt@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 days agoPrinting on Linux is like the simplest thing in the world because of CUPS. If you bought a printer that doesn’t support CUPS that’s on you, dawg!
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoWhat’s CUPS? And does my brother b&w cheap laser support it potentially?
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI know, I was joking. I never got to get borderless photo printing to work on my ink jet printer though. I had to keep a Windows VM just to run the Canon photo print software for that purpose.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIt could set up painlessly and still be a nightmare to own. Printers are just inherently awful devices.
I bet it’s still going to be a pain in the butt to set up in Linux and make it work properly.
Edit: it was a joke, you guys
Printing on Linux is like the simplest thing in the world because of CUPS. If you bought a printer that doesn’t support CUPS that’s on you, dawg!
What’s CUPS? And does my brother b&w cheap laser support it potentially?
I know, I was joking.
I never got to get borderless photo printing to work on my ink jet printer though. I had to keep a Windows VM just to run the Canon photo print software for that purpose.
It could set up painlessly and still be a nightmare to own. Printers are just inherently awful devices.