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Arch users trying to print files (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by ABasilPlant@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] AncientGood@lor.sh 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

@primrosepathspeedrun I tried to convince Pine64 people to do printer next, they politely turned my down since this is almost impossible due all licensing

ps: but probably DIY crowd could ignore this

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[–] grishka@friends.grishka.me 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Artificial, licensing? What kind of licensing could one possibly need to build a machine that deposits ink onto paper? Printers have existed for way more than 20 years so surely all the important patents must have expired.

[–] evgandr@mas.to 2 points 1 month ago

@grishka @ABasilPlant @AncientGood I made a very little (re)search and found what all main components: #postscript , Printer Command Language ( #PCL ) and a bunch of ISO standards not a subject of licensing. I dunno, maybe this anti #privacy shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots — should be licensed 🤷‍♂️

[–] primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I would throw 500$ at a mechanical engineer who was willing to take a crack at this with simple/stock parts. anyone else?