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Framework Making Printers

34 points by ksec 1y ago

danielq1ouf 1y ago
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unwind 1y ago
Uh, that little X post doesn't actually say "we're developing a printer". It's probably just trying to complain about printers (a computer-user pastime probably about as old as ... printers) in a humorous way.
- LorenDB 1y ago
  The only difference is that Framework has threatened to make printers multiple times before. https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1857110846780145910 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1857110846780145910 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1750545558765519344 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1750545558765519344 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1617566347877298177 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1617566347877298177
  - Philpax 1y ago
    Those are also jokes.
blopp99 1y ago
They talked about earlier this year the reasons why they didn't do it. Why not make the printer a fully open source project where the guiding is done by framework but maybe most of the work f comes from the community?
- viraptor 1y ago
  Is an open source version viable outside of research and fun? I expect tolerances on everything in a 300+dpi printer to be crazy low. Even the current 3d printers get the jokes that they're a hobby in maintenance/calibration on their own. Can't imagine how hard would be for an inkjet. (Laser could be easier...)
  - trenchpilgrim 1y ago
    > Even the current 3d printers get the jokes that they're a hobby in maintenance/calibration on their own. Honestly auto calibration has gotten pretty good. But the lubrication and cleaning is definitely still somewhat involved.
ftio 1y ago
God I hope there's enough engagement on this tweet that they actually do it. I don’t really understand why or how it’s happening, but my HP LaserJet printer connects to Wi-Fi less and less reliably every year. I want to upgrade to a color laser, but: (1) Wirecutter's current rec is for another HP, and (2) it's $750. The HP inkjet I got in 1997 was far more reliable, even before we switched from parallel to USB. And it could print banners!
- LamaOfRuin 1y ago
  I fully endorse this: https://www.theverge.com/tech/641940/best-printer-2025-just-buy-a-brother-laser-printer-middle-finger-in-the-air https://www.theverge.com/tech/641940/best-printer-2025-just-...
  - Liftyee 1y ago
    Can vouch. I have a Brother B/W double-sided laser printer from 2011 that just keeps on going. The maintenance manuals are detailed down to each gear and lever, which let me fix a paper feed issue (gear slid out of place) and keep it going for probably many more decades. No DRM chips in sight - third party toner works just fine, and the Ethernet connectivity is rock solid.
  - chiffre01 1y ago
    I bought on of those five years ago for the handful of stuff we print annually. It has never let me down, this thing is solid.
  - vgr-land 1y ago
    The comparing 2025 with the 2023 and 2024 versions of the article is also an interesting snapshot in the state of tech journalism. (Also yes my Brother printer is just fine and turning 7 years old) https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-... https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024...
kybernetyk 1y ago
My cheap HP laser printer got sent to the bin as it suddenly won't accept non-hp toner anymore. (Just stopped one day - I guess there as a firmware update). What little text I print I do so now on my Canon 300 Pro which actually is a photo printer. (Don't want to know the actual cost of a print out).
pentakkusu 1y ago
Framework Making Jokes
bArray 1y ago
This Tweet is not saying that they are working on a printer. I wish it said that somebody works on an open printer, but I don't think it should be Framework. Framework are doing a good job pushing the laptop/desktop computing products down the pipeline.
nerdjon 1y ago
Putting aside that the title and the tweet very much do not line up since there is no announcement that they are in fact making printers... This would be interesting and would love to see it, but I just can't imagine it would be viable financially. The scale just doesn't line up for a company of this size. How many people have printers at home anymore, and even if they went after offices looking at only a couple per (most) offices at most unless you are specifically an organization that does a lot of printing. Laptops, yeah one per person. Printers, 1 for every few hundred employees? Would they even sell enough for it to make sense for a brand that is not as well known as the major players.
tonyedgecombe 1y ago
Looks like Apple is as well: https://theonion.com/new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-im-thinking-printers-1819572893/ https://theonion.com/new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-im-thinking-prin...
fmajid 1y ago
Never buy a printer that uses cartridges, you'd forever forever be a hostage. Use bottled ink printers only.

34 points by ksec 1y ago

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Uh, that little X post doesn't actually say "we're developing a printer". It's probably just trying to complain about printers (a computer-user pastime probably about as old as ... printers) in a humorous way.

LorenDB 1y ago
The only difference is that Framework has threatened to make printers multiple times before. https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1857110846780145910 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1857110846780145910 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1750545558765519344 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1750545558765519344 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1617566347877298177 https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1617566347877298177
- Philpax 1y ago
  Those are also jokes.

blopp99 1y ago

They talked about earlier this year the reasons why they didn't do it. Why not make the printer a fully open source project where the guiding is done by framework but maybe most of the work f comes from the community?

viraptor 1y ago
Is an open source version viable outside of research and fun? I expect tolerances on everything in a 300+dpi printer to be crazy low. Even the current 3d printers get the jokes that they're a hobby in maintenance/calibration on their own. Can't imagine how hard would be for an inkjet. (Laser could be easier...)
- trenchpilgrim 1y ago
  > Even the current 3d printers get the jokes that they're a hobby in maintenance/calibration on their own. Honestly auto calibration has gotten pretty good. But the lubrication and cleaning is definitely still somewhat involved.

ftio 1y ago

God I hope there's enough engagement on this tweet that they actually do it. I don’t really understand why or how it’s happening, but my HP LaserJet printer connects to Wi-Fi less and less reliably every year. I want to upgrade to a color laser, but: (1) Wirecutter's current rec is for another HP, and (2) it's $750. The HP inkjet I got in 1997 was far more reliable, even before we switched from parallel to USB. And it could print banners!

LamaOfRuin 1y ago
I fully endorse this: https://www.theverge.com/tech/641940/best-printer-2025-just-buy-a-brother-laser-printer-middle-finger-in-the-air https://www.theverge.com/tech/641940/best-printer-2025-just-...
- Liftyee 1y ago
  Can vouch. I have a Brother B/W double-sided laser printer from 2011 that just keeps on going. The maintenance manuals are detailed down to each gear and lever, which let me fix a paper feed issue (gear slid out of place) and keep it going for probably many more decades. No DRM chips in sight - third party toner works just fine, and the Ethernet connectivity is rock solid.
- chiffre01 1y ago
  I bought on of those five years ago for the handful of stuff we print annually. It has never let me down, this thing is solid.
- vgr-land 1y ago
  The comparing 2025 with the 2023 and 2024 versions of the article is also an interesting snapshot in the state of tech journalism. (Also yes my Brother printer is just fine and turning 7 years old) https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-... https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024...

kybernetyk 1y ago

My cheap HP laser printer got sent to the bin as it suddenly won't accept non-hp toner anymore. (Just stopped one day - I guess there as a firmware update). What little text I print I do so now on my Canon 300 Pro which actually is a photo printer. (Don't want to know the actual cost of a print out).

pentakkusu 1y ago

Framework Making Jokes

bArray 1y ago

This Tweet is not saying that they are working on a printer. I wish it said that somebody works on an open printer, but I don't think it should be Framework. Framework are doing a good job pushing the laptop/desktop computing products down the pipeline.

nerdjon 1y ago

Putting aside that the title and the tweet very much do not line up since there is no announcement that they are in fact making printers... This would be interesting and would love to see it, but I just can't imagine it would be viable financially. The scale just doesn't line up for a company of this size. How many people have printers at home anymore, and even if they went after offices looking at only a couple per (most) offices at most unless you are specifically an organization that does a lot of printing. Laptops, yeah one per person. Printers, 1 for every few hundred employees? Would they even sell enough for it to make sense for a brand that is not as well known as the major players.

tonyedgecombe 1y ago

Looks like Apple is as well: https://theonion.com/new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-im-thinking-printers-1819572893/ https://theonion.com/new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-im-thinking-prin...

fmajid 1y ago

Never buy a printer that uses cartridges, you'd forever forever be a hostage. Use bottled ink printers only.