Didn't GNU project start because of a printer?

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[–] 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If you're like me and only print something once or twice a year, check whether you can print at your local library. It may cost a few cents per sheet, but I'd sooner give my library a dollar than give a company like HP a penny

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    and our long term aim should be to make printers go the way of the fax machine.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Unlike fax, printers weren't completely superceded by computers and the Internet. They'll still be useful for decades or more

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    i dunno. i genuinely can't remember the last thing i had to print out. maybe some expense claim forms in 2019 before the pandemic accelerated paperless processes? can't think of any after that.

    it's not all that far-fetched a notion.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean I only use my own printer once a year at most but plenty of other people still have to print things personally and professionally for various reasons. Many printed things can be replaced by technology but not everything. Fax was just a way to get information from one place to another - every single part of what it does is done better and easier with email and other tech

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately, I still access to a fax, and have trouble finding it. (Some sort of security-by-obscurity method that the medical world clings to.)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I know of at least two professionals who make their notes with a Remarkable to pdf. Personal printers can go away.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh damn well if 2 people are doing it in your industry, printers must be useless to everyone!

    When I worked in the field I carried a laptop but still mostly worked off of paper. Paper-sized ectronics are pretty useless on ladders and plans are too hard to read on a phone. Paper can also fold and go in a pocket

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    You missunderstood, one is a psychiatrist, the other a social-something. I just say it's a thing already.

    No, i don't see how paper is a neccesity in your examples. And i did work in a company for a while, creating software for phones/tablets/notebooks for exatly those usecases, optimizing workflows in industry. Especially plans can be vastly more useful in digital form, look up IFC format.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    You don't see how paper would be significantly easier to use when you're on top of a ladder splicing wires?

    Or how it might be preferable to a touch screen on a dirty construction site?

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    And i did work in a company for a while, creating software for phones/tablets/notebooks for exatly those usecases, optimizing workflows in industry. Especially plans can be vastly more useful in digital form, look up IFC format.

    No, they don't. And they won't, unless they work on a dirty construction site on top of a ladder wearing protective gloves themselves. Or have to actually use plans.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    And i did work in a company for a while, creating software for phones/tablets/notebooks for exatly those usecases, optimizing workflows in industry. Especially plans can be vastly more useful in digital form, look up IFC format.

    No, they don't. And they won't, unless they work on a dirty construction site on top of a ladder wearing protective gloves themselves. Or have to actually use plans.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    HP has sucked for decades now, because of this kind of business mindset.

    For now, I only buy Brother printers.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Alright. Go for it. I’m just not gonna buy your shit. I am exited to see how this will end for you.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Probably pretty well given some companies and people will be some silly little tech sluts for the convenience of not looking up better alternatives for 10 minutes, and likely paying a bit more upfront.

    That said I hope there's gonna be some printer piracy

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    it will probably 'end' pretty well for them. you'd be surprised at how many home users just 'go with it' because they don't know any better.. and a lot of businesses only buy 'genuine' consumables anyway.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Brother is still making some bad ass printers, just got a nice laser color printer from them.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    We really need Foss software for printers, specially for mainstream machines so that majority can afford a less scamy product.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I mean…I already actively avoided HP like the plague that it is. But I can add this to the list of reasons why.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can't someone start an open-soruce printer with cheap ink to compete with this?

    I'm not a big believer in competition and the free market, but can't they do SOMETHING? Just this once?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Bruh, I only use my printer/scanner to scan documents and I prefer to go to a store to print things. I get charged $0.03USD (I'm not from the US though) for every printed page, which is WAY cheaper than buying an ink cartridge from HP.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I'd so throw out my HP printer if it wasn't my scanner. Edit: January 26th, 2024 9:17 AM EST I'd like to say I finally got a brother laser printer, but it doesn't do scanning. I don't use the HP printer for printing documents though.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It already is a subscription because we keep needing to buy more ink.

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  • [+] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    They can't lock down or do it with 3D Printers.

    WTF thinks you can do it with 2D?

    What a goof.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Always refill ink cartridges

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago

    He's already won! Wait, Palestine. Nope, it Joey. Maybe next year.

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