• fishos@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    An laser printer is just a reverse scanner. It’s basically a resin printer with toner. We’re well past those being diy doable. It’s a couple of wires to deliver a charge to the drum and paper, a laser to remove the charge from the drum for the image, and a reservoir for the toner for the drum to pick up. The most complex part is the laser and mirrors for alignment, which is well into hobby diy territory.

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      3 days ago

      Ok, well… we’re all looking forward to you publishing the repo for an opensource laser printer then I guess.

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        3 days ago

        Don’t be a douche. I’m just saying it’s less complex than it seems and if 3d printers can figure out open spurce, this is comparable.