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Ask HN: Why are there no open-source printers?

I often hear people complaining of high ink prices. Specifically purchasing a printer such that when the time comes to replace the ink, buying a new printer is the cheaper option.

Not to mention the whackamole game wherein more affordable, aftermarket ink cartridges are made incompatible.

Why isn’t there a printer that is open source, and whose compatible cartridges are affordable? No investment required in taking security measures to exclude cartridges of a different manufacturer

47 points desertraven 4 years ago 35 comments

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