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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd take alcohol over printers any day.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The complete lack of printers is a huge plus.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

yeah,the colors on that row are backwards

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Gotta watch out for your Brother's Canon.

I'm not too sure about KyoSarah either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Also fuck a app, the colours should be switched for that.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The "no printers" is a positive, unless it's a laser printer from the 2000's.

(Someone should make an open source laser printer.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I am devastated that I got rid of my 2000s HP LaserJet (with Ethernet). Only flaw it had was that it didn't have a duplexer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it's ironic how the worst piece of proprietary software made to trick customers is in the printers, the software straight up just lies on there being no ink

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think the problem with creating a printer is that you have to have a reliable source of ink that will not sue you if you use their designs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

With laser printers, all you need is toner, which is much more easily available.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Toner isn't that hard to source.

The real issue is precision accuracy. Keeping things to 2D might sound easier than 3D, but 3D printers don't need the level of accuracy and precision that 2D printers do. 300dpi means dots every 85 microns. A very carefully tuned FDM 3D printer can get around 50 microns, but see below for the gory details:

https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/10349/do-3d-printers-really-reach-50-micron-0-05-mm-accuracy

Either way, 300dpi isn't particularly impressive for a paper printer. Usable, but there's going to be some blockiness to text, and graphics won't be good at all. 600 or 1200dpi is more like it. Which means we take that 85 microns and cut it in half, and maybe cut it in half again.

If we're talking color, than our difficulty increases 4x (because there's four cartridges for CMYK). They all have to be aligned properly to mix the colors to get a good image. We're also definitely headed towards 1200dpi at a minimum for good results.

Now, an open source plotter would be interesting. Not great for text documents, but useful for diagrams.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's the nice thing about laser printers, lasers are super accurate. You're not moving any significant mass around. All you're doing is rotating a mirror and moving that beam in a single axis. If you continuously spin the mirror then your accuracy depends on how fast you can turn the diode on and off.

[–] cheddar 1 points 1 month ago

There are open-source 3d printers, but no regular printers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Printers are a restricted item in most countries when it comes to manufacturing and producing due to counterfeiting, as such any open source printer you could produce would most likely run a foul of local laws due to the ability to remove anti-counterfeiting requirements.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why does the gay sauna provide I-Pads?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

They probably don't allow phones inside, because people could take pics of others. This way people van still access the internet I guess.

[–] cheddar 4 points 1 month ago

So that you could write fake and gay stories on 4chan without risking dropping your personal electronic device into the jacuzzi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

A lot of places like this don't want you using your own devices inside. I'd guess that they've disabled the cameras, or at least made it difficult to send photos outside of the device?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The "yes" and "no" for app should trade colors. Who in their right mind wants a business to have an app

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My immature reaction is to snicker at the name “Pipeworks”. Part or my sense of humor refuses to advance beyond the 7th grade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think that's the goal given the logo

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

No free coffee in the men's sauna? 😔

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Private meeting rooms huh?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I actually had to look this up. You mentioned wework in Edinburgh and compare it to a gay sauna in Glasgow. Have you factored in the commuting time between going from Glasgow to Edinburgh park?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

we need a map of gay saunas with printers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shit. I'm not gay, but seems like a deal for a sauna visit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You'd think, but sometimes fitting everything in that you want to do can be a pain in the ass.

[–] alphapuggle 1 points 1 month ago

Colors on "printers" needs swapped

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If they did, it should have been a website.