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Open Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptions
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this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2025
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This is great news!
If it looks like the example photos, it's a more elegant solution. I'm not fully sold on the paper rolls vs the standard reams of paper, but being able to package the printer like that looks amazing
I've used pen plotters that feed off a roll like that. One benefit is that you don't have restrictions on how long your print is
you can make very large continuous images. That can be desirable for certain applications.
The pen plotter I used had a paper cutter that sliced the paper at the end of a print. I don't know if this thing slices at the end of each page or what.
kagis
Ah. Apparently it also can handle pre-cut sheets, and it additionally has a cutter for the roll:
https://www.hackster.io/news/the-open-printer-is-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-powered-fully-open-highly-flexible-inkjet-printer-30948a1787cc
I dunno if they have a paper feeder, or if you have to insert pre-cut sheets one at a time, which I imagine would be obnoxious.