Aaand its dependent on HP print cartridges. This is a hard problem but the dependence on HP will probably backfire
But you can just refill those yourself. The biggest problem with HP printers is that it times out cartridges, even if there’s ink left.
On the one hand, I’m really excited about this because the printer industry is literally the worst. On the other hand, I haven’t printed anything for years, I probably won’t use it much/ever.
Hopefully this means no hidden yellow tracking dots.
Would be nice, if it was USB by default and Ethernet/Wifi just a module you attach. For most private users, the IoT part of printers is actually a security hazard. Especially for such a portable device.
Edit: private users
i can’t remember the last job i had with non networked printers. that would only work with very small offices.
It looks really neat! Depending on the price, I might get one :)
It is not open source with that license.
PittyPity.(CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0, the non–open-source part here being NC)
TBH im ok with the NC clause. Otherwise they’ll be replicated and enshittified by big and small brands, push for anti-features as standards and end up with stuff like Bamboolabs
As an ESL, I had to look up pitty thinking it has to do with pits
Pity and Shame typically go hand an hand, you’ll hear people say “That’s a shame” but you can replace shame with pity “That’s a pity” and achieve the same result.
However when addressing another person, you won’t hear people say “I shame you” instead you’ll hear “I pity you” to show displeasure or anger to another person.
Hope this helps!
Thinking about my most recent desire to have a printer, which I haven’t had in many years, I was building a bed, and it would have been nice to have a cut sheet printout to take to the garage. Instead, I used my tablet, which worked well enough.
It’s so rare that I use paper for taking notes, I have to track down something to write on, often it’s an envelope.
It’d be nice to have a printer around for occasional use, but I’m afraid the ink would dry up between uses.
Get a cheap laser printer. The toner won’t dry out, and you can get a very reliable printer for cheap. The Xpress series from Samsung was cheap and very reliable. Unfortunately, Samsung does not manufacture printers any more and their printer business was bought by HP. I have no idea how new HP models compare to the old ones.
I’d probably look at Brother, a monochrome laser printer can be had for $120, and Brother generally has a good reputation. If you want to print in color, that’ll be more expensive of course. Honestly, I haven’t had a color printer in 11 years and I don’t miss it, but YMMV.
I’ve had a monochrome Brother laser printer for about 14 years now. Still using the original toner that came with it, though it’s down to about 20% or so. Prints every time I need it which isn’t very often, but when I need to print something, I actually need to print it.
