@einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 9 days agoShit like this is why we need open source printers!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down17
arrow-up1458arrow-down1imageShit like this is why we need open source printers!sh.itjust.works@einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 9 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-square@Cort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•9 days ago Would you accept a printer that works like a typewriter with arms that strike the page to lay down text? What about a 2d pen plotter? Not nearly as fast as an inkjet, but still open source
minus-square@einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 days agoPlotters are problematic, due to them beeing very very slow and that everthing they print has to be converted into a vector first.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 days agoI haven’t seen an actual plotter in decades, they’re all just large format printers nowadays.
What about a 2d pen plotter? Not nearly as fast as an inkjet, but still open source
There’s some projects out there for those.
Plotters are problematic, due to them beeing very very slow and that everthing they print has to be converted into a vector first.
Fonts are vectors
I haven’t seen an actual plotter in decades, they’re all just large format printers nowadays.