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The Open Printer Is a Raspberry Pi Zero W-Powered, Fully-Open, Highly-Flexible Inkjet Printer (www.hackster.io)
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[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Inkjets are actually really fascinating technology. If you squint a little it's like a CRT monitor that sprays ink instead of electrons. But for the average consumer they're just not worth it except in niche situations. I have a black and white ~~inkjet~~laser printer. I printed a page for the first time in 7 months yesterday. It printed perfectly the first time. No print heads to clean, no dried ink, nothing. It just works. Hard to compete with that.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

was it plugged in and doing head maintenance all those 7 months?

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Sorry I meant laser

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, if I take an old CRT, fill the tube with ink and squint outward, will I get an inkjet printer?

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Well if you don't it means you didn't squint hard enough.