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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by oalae5niMiel7qu on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:49PM (#24791477)
> Do you remember printing in 2000? Literally every printer was suffering from constant paper jams and other mechanical malfunctions. In 2020 a top consumer or business printer will not jam on you.

A cheap consumer printer will jam on you and tear the paper to shreds, yet the drivers are still proprietary and you still get ripped off on cartridges.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are there no open source 2d printers? by UncleEntity on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:35PM (#24792825)
> ...and you still get ripped off on cartridges.

Yep, it's cheaper to buy a new crappy printer from, say, Fry's Electronics than it is to buy refill cartridges for the last crappy printer you bought that ran out of ink.

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