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A Basil Plant@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Arch users trying to print files

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A Basil Plant@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 months ago
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    The ONE printer that I have, and arch doesn’t have a driver for it, WHY?!?

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      because printers are the most proprietary fedjacked snitchware that has ever existed.

      open source DIY paper printers need to be a thing.

      edit: this seems pretty popular, anybody interested in crowdfunding some mechanical engineering?

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        Definitely, Unfortunately tho, the only thing currently standardised about printers is the paper

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        @primrosepathspeedrun I tried to convince Pine64 people to do printer next, they politely turned my down since this is almost impossible due all licensing

        ps: but probably DIY crowd could ignore this

        @lemmy.world @hacktheegg

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          Artificial, licensing? What kind of licensing could one possibly need to build a machine that deposits ink onto paper? Printers have existed for way more than 20 years so surely all the important patents must have expired.

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            @grishka @ABasilPlant @AncientGood I made a very little (re)search and found what all main components: #postscript , Printer Command Language ( #PCL ) and a bunch of ISO standards not a subject of licensing. I dunno, maybe this anti #privacy shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots — should be licensed 🤷‍♂️

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          I would throw 500$ at a mechanical engineer who was willing to take a crack at this with simple/stock parts. anyone else?

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