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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by Nbox9 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:49AM (#24788619)
Ink cartridges is only a $1B global industry [0]. That isn’t a small market, but the global printing industry, with all digital content being transferred onto any 2d mediums through automatic means is probably closer to $1T. Think about every book, every magazine, every coffee mug with a funny saying, every graphic TShirt. In the world.

The ink cartridges are good money, but it’s not where the money is at.

[0] https://www.rfdtv.com/story/42630937/global-ink-cartridges-m...

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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:20AM (#24788916)
That actually upsets me more: we're beset by stupid DRM and price-gouging on ink, and it's not even that profitable?
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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by floatboth on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:44PM (#24792929)
Are we anymore? I've been to an electronics store recently, most printers on display were ink tank models. Even HP ones!
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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by dr_orpheus on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:29AM (#24788996)
It's not the main source of revenue, but for personal printing most of the money comes from selling ink cartridges. My dad used to work for a printer company and he said that on personal printer sales they usually broke even or sometimes sold at a loss. But all of that was made up with the profit margin on ink cartridge sales.
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