Ideally I am looking for a printer with

  1. opensource - Hardware, firmware, drivers, All OS support,
  2. No Shenanigans like mixing up colors, wasting ink in storage, hidden codes
  3. Easy to maintain and repair,
  4. low ink cost
  5. No Wifi or bluetooth
  • ki9@lemmy.gf4.pwEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This probably isnt what you’re looking for, but you never specified a page size so…

    I love thermal printers, like the ones that print receipts at the cashier. There’s no ink; you just replace the little roll. They are great for text, just pipe a shopping list to lp and out it comes.

    I have a printer for full-sized sheets but there’s no comparison to the thermal on OP’s criteria. Except open hardware… I don’t think there are any printers today that provide schematics.