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I think it's time for an open source 2d printer project, we have open source 3d printers and the technology is much more complex than 2d. Time to put HP to sleep
I would argue that 2D printing is a lot more complicated than 3D, and it's not even close
That's surprising and interesting -- how come?
I think it is a combination of the required precision, liquid ink vs solid filament and the difficulty of handing paper vs simply moving a print bed on a 3d printer.
I see this said every time this comes up.
Are there any efforts starting or even attempting this? Or even taking an existing printer and replacing it's main board?
Patents are prohibiting anyone from developing something like that.
When do the patents expire? Seems like 2D printers are relatively old technology by this point.
fax machines are the predecessor to 2d printers i guess