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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al... (www.pcgamer.com)
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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers when fitted with a third-party ink cartridge. Now the company's CEO,

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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So are there instructions out there to build your own printer with, say, a Raspberry Pi or a suitable equivalent?

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A printer not so much, but I've seen multiple plotter projects. Basically same tech as a 3d printer with a pen instead of print head.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 7 points 11 months ago

Someone needs to build a FOSS printer then.