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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by ska on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:14PM (#24790226)
>> as suffering from constant paper jams and other mechanical malfunctions.

> All of that, including the interfacing are not related to patents.

This seems like a pretty strong statement, can you elaborate as to why solving paper jams wouldn't involve patented IP ?

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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by coldtea on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:38AM (#24797519)
The paper jam might be. The rest (speed of processor, amount of ram, interface used) certainly aren't.
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