Open Tools has published no funding goal to date, and says the final price depends on production volume, component costs, certification, and remaining engineering, with the figure to be revealed when the crowdfunding campaign opens in the coming months.
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PEnns Cool! But my first impression seeing the first picture and then the video: 1 – Is that a 2026 version of a steam-punk toilet-paper holder?? 2 -That's a smooth(er) dot-matrix printer, ca 1982!! Reply
artk2219 Very neat, seems a bit slow but its a cool work in progress. Now we just need a laser version lol. Reply
cyrusfox yep, printers are a headache, the one item that has not gotten better with time. Too much consolidation and now predatory subscriptions. I have an old samsung color laser, all cartridges are at about 5% life left. I need to find my replacement chips and refill kit. HP bought Samsung out. Real competition in this space would be great, HP vs Epsons, Canon, Vs Brothers, is all there is on the consumer side, at the office level you get a bit more from Lexmark, Xerox, Ricoh, and Kyocera. Reply
jabliese "Nobody loves their printer." I love my Hp LaserJet. Don't judge me. Reply
John Kiser Ya'll do know you can get the HP printer without the subscription right? It just costs a little bit more as they don't subsidize it that way Reply
John Kiser cyrusfox said: yep, printers are a headache, the one item that has not gotten better with time. Too much consolidation and now predatory subscriptions. I have an old samsung color laser, all cartridges are at about 5% life left. I need to find my replacement chips and refill kit. HP bought Samsung out. Real competition in this space would be great, HP vs Epsons, Canon, Vs Brothers, is all there is on the consumer side, at the office level you get a bit more from Lexmark, Xerox, Ricoh, and Kyocera. You don't need to get the subscriptions, but they do include free ink with them so…. Reply
tntdyno its smart not trying to market a product. just some hodge podge raspberry nonsense nobody is ever going to use keeps the big ones from trying to send the hit squad Reply
Zaranthos John Kiser said: Ya'll do know you can get the HP printer without the subscription right? It just costs a little bit more as they don't subsidize it that way They're just almost impossible to fix or find parts for. Doesn't even matter who makes them, often they're broken by some random person trying to remove a paper jam, breaking some random part that should cost next to nothing because it was cheaply made, and now you have a giant paperweight. artk2219 said: Very neat, seems a bit slow but its a cool work in progress. Now we just need a laser version lol. Indeed. Hard to justify an inject for much anymore. jabliese said: "Nobody loves their printer." I love my Hp LaserJet. Don't judge me. I feel the same way about my Brother color laserjet I bought more than 10 years ago after I got sick of cleaning, repairing, and throwing away dried out ink for my inkjets. I still have the same starter toner the printer came with and my wife prints more than I do yet it has never run out of toner yet. I don't really clean my laser printer other than blow the dust off the top of it. It can sit idle for months and print just fine vs inkjets that would have dried up ink or need cleaning to work after sitting too long idle. When it comes to IT work I still hate printers in general. Give me all kinds of random computer problems to fix over almost any stupid printer issue. Printers were designed to break, cost you endless amounts of money, be mostly irreparable, and drive you to madness. :tonguewink: Reply
truerock The printer is not the problem. The problem is the expensive ink cartridges. This does not fix the problem. Reply
omarz The printer companies patented so much stuff that I wonder whether they can really make it without infringing anything. Reply
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