[kwlug-disc] Fwd: Open Printer — open-source, repairable inkjet printer

[Doug Moen]

Cost will depend on how many orders there are, since they have to amortize their fixed costs over all the orders. More orders is cheaper.

It's hard to compete price-wise against mass produced printers sold at a loss by “Big Ink”. So I expect you'll pay a premium for an open source, artisan printer with cheap ink.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2025, at 7:53 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> I also wish they had a laser. I miss those old reliable Laserjets. 
> But I don't think I ever want to own a printer myself. I print
> infrequently enough that the public library serves my needs.
>
> Is there any sense of how much this will cost?
>
> - Paul
>
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2025 at 03:52:19PM -0400, Alex Korobkin wrote:
>> Printers are my specialty, so I was excited to see this project announced
>> (hoped for a laser though). Perhaps some of you'd be interested too?
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Douglas Kosovic <doug at uq.edu.au>
>> To: printing-architecture at lists.linux-foundation.org
>> 
>> 
>> I noticed Open Printer was announced the other day:
>> 
>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer
>> https://www.xda-developers.com/open-source-printer-raspberry-pi-zero-w/
>> https://www.hackster.io/news/the-open-printer-is-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-powered-fully-open-highly-flexible-inkjet-printer-30948a1787cc
>> 
>> 
>> It's a newly launched project on Crowd Supply — an open-source, repairable
>> inkjet printer that features no cartridge DRM, yet is compatible with HP 63
>> (US) or HP 302 (Europe) cartridges.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Doug
>
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