3D printer: failed the print because you tried to print a whole ass gun in 30 minutes. 2D printer: failed the print because you tried to print a picture of a duck and the DRM detected it as a copyrighted image.

[–] outofemailaliases@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago

bamboo labs i'm fucking watching you if you add DRM to your printers i'm shooting up your warehouse

[–] Hauskrampf@ttrpg.network 69 points 11 months ago

The thing is, we definitely could have 100% reliable printers with good reparabilty, but capitalism gotta capitalism

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 11 months ago

It's funny because 3d printers are cheaper to purchase, maintain, and supply for

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Actually, the problem isn't that we haven't nailed 2D printers. The problem is we have. Which is why they have to do artificial bullshit like the LOW CYAN thing to make money selling you ink that you do not actually need.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 14 points 11 months ago

My 3D printer works better than my 2D printer

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how right-to-repair will change the printer market.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 points 11 months ago

Probably why they are fighting it so hard

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Colour laser printers have been around for long enough that they're a decent value. If you buy cheap HP inkjet slop, don't blame capitalism when they try to wring you for more money

[–] Devi 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have one of these at work. It throws a fit roughly 5 times a day.

One occasional issue is that it claims it has a blockage, it doesn't, it wants you to open and close one of the doors.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then do what it wants smh

[–] Devi 3 points 11 months ago

I serve the printer overlord

[–] spudwart@spudwart.com 10 points 11 months ago

The irony is that making an Open Source 3D Printer is far more accessible and affordable than making an Open Source 2D printer.

[–] brossman@infosec.pub 7 points 11 months ago

we should have stopped making new printers after the HP LaserJet 4, it's all been downhill since then

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

cyan low sweet chariot

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Resin printers are the laser printers (in a few cases, literally) of the 3D world.

Filament are the inkjets, super likely for something to go horribly wrong because of a tiny miscalculation.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah except the ink is super toxic and will make your room smell awful and give you cancer for touching the final product for resin printers which generally isn't true of your book report

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Printer toner isn't exactly healthy or good smelling either

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 1 points 11 months ago

But it gets fused to the paper really nice making it water resistant even. Your room does end up smelling like ozone though.

[–] deur@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

Theres nothing inherently wrong with traditional 3D printers though? You can get high reliability from multiple printers on the market.

[–] lipilee@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

"Let's add one more D, that'll fix all the reliability issues!"

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I once had to boil ink cartridges

[–] HoodieGyaru@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did it work?

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

It did!

[–] JohnBon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

2d printers are hellspawns. Period.