This open-source printer you can repair yourself is powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero W (and developed by a French team)
https://www.xda-developers.com/open-source-printer-raspberry-pi-zero-w/
https://www.xda-developers.com/open-source-printer-raspberry-pi-zero-w/
32 Comments
vane@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 332d
1/2 open-source 1/2 hp spare parts
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 331d
If the parts are easily obtainable off the shelf, then the project is still open source.
Bigger issue is that this is licensed NC, so distributive enterprise collaboration is not possible
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 14 pts · 332d
https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 331d
Thanks. worth mentioning that 100% of the projects listed on crowd supply over the past decades that fund have shipped to backers
Whereas there's lots of scams on kickstsrter and indigogo, CS is a very trustworthy platform
spoonbill@programming.dev · 3 pts · 310d
Not true. E.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop never shipped.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 310d
Wow. Funded on 2016. Last update about testing on 2020. Nothing since (in 2025).
What the hell happened? And what did crowd supply do about it? Did they make any reimbursement to the backers? Or, at least, issue an apology?
spoonbill@programming.dev · 3 pts · 310d
Overambitious solo developer + health issues.
No reimbursments or apologies.
B0rax@feddit.org · 4 pts · 330d
That’s a small roll of paper.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 2 pts · 327d
I also wondered where they left the other 10". They probably have dropped a '9', so it should read 297 mm wide paper roll to be compatible to A4/A3 paper.
QuizzaciousOtter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 332d
Looks very very cool but I don't want to deal with an inkjet printer ever again.
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 332d
Same, is there any real reason they should exist? isn't laser just better ?? If i have to ' repair ' my printer every 14-55 prints, is it really a printer or just a really frustrating puzzle game?
CatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 332d
Aren't laser printers super toxic?
dynamoMaus@feddit.org · 5 pts · 332d
Sadly it's all german, but here are the sources: https://www.bundesumweltministerium.de/themen/gesundheit/innenraumluft/emissionen-aus-laserdruckern
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 6 pts · 332d
Nice project, I guess a roll of paper is actually more expensive than regular sheets though.
Vittelius@feddit.org · 14 pts · 332d
You can also use A3 and A4 sheets
cron@feddit.org · 2 pts · 332d
Still sounds like a great niche product, if you can make use of the larger page size.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 331d
Its a foundation MVP. If it's licensed openly, anyone can take this and add more complex moving part components, like paper trays.
Edit: nope. License is NC. So this project is dead before it even started. Such a fucking waste.
happydoors@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 331d
Is there an open source laser printer? Even if black and white that’d be sweet.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 331d
Cool project
Terrible name.
Leeks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 332d
I wonder if this can be expanded into an “open plotter”.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 331d
I think you want this
https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/D3D_Universal_Plotter
Xanthrax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Does it have a place to install a hood over the paper roll? My cats would fuck that up.
Vittelius@feddit.org · 8 pts · 332d
It's open hardware. So if it doesn't you could 3d print your own
Oberyn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Really love this design 🩶 Want
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 331d
Why inkjet tho?
B0rax@feddit.org · 8 pts · 330d
Because it is easy and cheap. You can buy inkjet cartridges which include the printhead. These are the hardest parts.
Now you „only“ need a motion system.
For a laser printer you need much more complex parts.
I guess if this project takes off they will start looking into Laser printers.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 331d
This is the only page I've ever printed with a FOSS printer.
And, god, I'm printing it on toilet paper.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 331d
Link to the build instructions and CAD files?
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 331d
Lol wut?!?
So they're literally violating the terms of their own license by selling this on crowd supply!
Matombo@feddit.org · 4 pts · 330d
No, the author always has all rights to the creation. The license is always about how all non-authors are allowed to use the work.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · -1 pts · 330d
Ok, so this author just thinks they're more important then the rest of the community? Asshole.
Matombo@feddit.org · 3 pts · 330d
That surely was his intention /s 🤦