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Random fact: Richard Stallman may have been spurred to start the GNU Project due to the fact that he could not easily modify the source code of a printer.
by JTbane 8y ago
Random fact: Richard Stallman may have been spurred to start the GNU Project due to the fact that he could not easily modify the source code of a printer.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoWhich makes it ironic that there are still no open source printers. There are even open source 3D printers, but putting ink on paper is still annoyingly out of reach.
- swiley 8y agoJust 3D print movable type and call it a day.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoI did once consider just 3D printing a single very thin layer :-) More practically, a 3D printer is probably only a half step removed from a decent plotter if you just replace the head with a pen or something.