SVcrossDO to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agoHP is in the rent-a-printer business nowwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square91arrow-up1576arrow-down113file-text
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minus-square@mystiklinkEnglish2•7 months agoI see this said every time this comes up. Are there any efforts starting or even attempting this? Or even taking an existing printer and replacing it’s main board?
minus-square@mods_are_assholeslinkEnglish2•7 months agoAs it stands now printhead technology for quality prints needs microscopic precision and materials like precisely perforated foils that are just not easy to make outside of a specialized fabrication shop, and even then it won’t scale.
I see this said every time this comes up.
Are there any efforts starting or even attempting this? Or even taking an existing printer and replacing it’s main board?
As it stands now printhead technology for quality prints needs microscopic precision and materials like precisely perforated foils that are just not easy to make outside of a specialized fabrication shop, and even then it won’t scale.