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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 19:20:18 JST 翠星石

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   • monkyyy
   • Hyperhidrosis
   @Hyperhidrosis @monkyyy Source code doesn't pertain to hardware, thus "open source" is not relevant.
   
   People have made custom inkjet printers.
   https://hackaday.com/2020/06/13/no-need-for-speed-with-this-arduino-based-inkjet-printer/
   https://hackaday.io/project/167446-diy-inkjet-printer
   
   I agree that everything "open source" is garbage, although everything that is free software is great.
   
   
   Kyocera's printers use free software and GNU/Linux, but they are not providing the source code (I hope for a lawsuit).
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     monkyyy (monkyyy@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 19:20:19 JST monkyyy

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     • Phantasm
     • Richard (Dick) Johnson
     @RichardJohnson @phnt do you think they kill whoever tried to make an open source printer outright, or just bribe them to stop or inject spyware?
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     Hyperhidrosis (hyperhidrosis@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 19:20:19 JST Hyperhidrosis

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     • Phantasm
     • monkyyy
     • Richard (Dick) Johnson
     @monkyyy @phnt @RichardJohnson open source printer exists.
     
     but just like everything else open source it's garbage.
     
     low-key might have to just go ahead and create one on my own.
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     Richard (Dick) Johnson (richardjohnson@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 19:20:20 JST Richard (Dick) Johnson

     • Phantasm

     @phnt

     The yellow is the most important color, because that is the color used to print the tracking dots that can identify you as the person who printed the document.