It's been many years since printing from a PC involved little more than buying a printer and some ink, then purchasing extra cartridges when needed. Today, the...
Fair, and I admire them for trying. I was just pointing out that these specs are closer to a 10-15 yo laser printer, which is likely cheaper to buy and print with.
If they were producing q laser printer of similar specs with open firmware I’d be first in line to get one.
Ouch. 600 DPI black and white and “1200 DPI” color resolution is very low for an inkjet.
At these resolutions I’d rather get a laser printer that’s well supported in Linux no matter what the price is.
The big thing here is this printer is repairable, there no spyware or vendor lock in for specific ink cartridges.
This is hardware that if you buy you truly own.
Honestly for these reasons alone I am going to buy this.
Fair, and I admire them for trying. I was just pointing out that these specs are closer to a 10-15 yo laser printer, which is likely cheaper to buy and print with.
If they were producing q laser printer of similar specs with open firmware I’d be first in line to get one.
A 10 to 15 year old laser printer is going to have its fuser fail in a year and that replacement part costs as much as a new printer.
I mean, commercial printing is typically 300-600 DPI…
Not exactly. While the images you send them are usually about 300-600 dpi, the halftoning is rarely done at 600 or less.
At 600 dpi, AM halftone dots are painfully visible, and even FM halftones can be distracting and lead to a defect usually called “color noise”.