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Even paper glows (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by renzev to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm not at all asking for a government monopoly on making printers, if that wasn't clear.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Open source printers

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Use the 3D printer to make the 2D printer. Finally, we are moving in the right direction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You can tape a pen to your 3d printer to use it as a plotter.

[–] franklin 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Honestly, yes. I love open source hardware

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I do think it shoukd be left up to (potentially big) companies; however, we should put restrictions on e.g. ink cartrige compatibility, just like what the EU is trying for smartphones and messagin right now.