▲ 176 ▼ This open-source printer you can repair yourself is powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero W (and developed by a French team) (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 10 months ago by Vittelius@feddit.org to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 14 points 10 months ago (2 children) https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) Thanks. worth mentioning that 100% of the projects listed on crowd supply over the past decades that fund have shipped to backers Whereas there's lots of scams on kickstsrter and indigogo, CS is a very trustworthy platform permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Not true. E.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop never shipped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) Wow. Funded on 2016. Last update about testing on 2020. Nothing since (in 2025). What the hell happened? And what did crowd supply do about it? Did they make any reimbursement to the backers? Or, at least, issue an apology? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago Overambitious solo developer + health issues. No reimbursments or apologies. permalink fedilink source parent [–] B0rax@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) 27 mm-wide paper roll That’s a small roll of paper. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago* I also wondered where they left the other 10". They probably have dropped a '9', so it should read 297 mm wide paper roll to be compatible to A4/A3 paper. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) Thanks. worth mentioning that 100% of the projects listed on crowd supply over the past decades that fund have shipped to backers Whereas there's lots of scams on kickstsrter and indigogo, CS is a very trustworthy platform permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Not true. E.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop never shipped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) Wow. Funded on 2016. Last update about testing on 2020. Nothing since (in 2025). What the hell happened? And what did crowd supply do about it? Did they make any reimbursement to the backers? Or, at least, issue an apology? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago Overambitious solo developer + health issues. No reimbursments or apologies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Not true. E.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop never shipped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) Wow. Funded on 2016. Last update about testing on 2020. Nothing since (in 2025). What the hell happened? And what did crowd supply do about it? Did they make any reimbursement to the backers? Or, at least, issue an apology? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago Overambitious solo developer + health issues. No reimbursments or apologies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) Wow. Funded on 2016. Last update about testing on 2020. Nothing since (in 2025). What the hell happened? And what did crowd supply do about it? Did they make any reimbursement to the backers? Or, at least, issue an apology? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago Overambitious solo developer + health issues. No reimbursments or apologies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spoonbill@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago Overambitious solo developer + health issues. No reimbursments or apologies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] B0rax@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) 27 mm-wide paper roll That’s a small roll of paper. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago* I also wondered where they left the other 10". They probably have dropped a '9', so it should read 297 mm wide paper roll to be compatible to A4/A3 paper. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago* I also wondered where they left the other 10". They probably have dropped a '9', so it should read 297 mm wide paper roll to be compatible to A4/A3 paper. permalink fedilink source parent