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HP is in the rent-a-printer business now (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I see this said every time this comes up.

Are there any efforts starting or even attempting this? Or even taking an existing printer and replacing it's main board?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

As it stands now printhead technology for quality prints needs microscopic precision and materials like precisely perforated foils that are just not easy to make outside of a specialized fabrication shop, and even then it won't scale.