[blopp99]

They talked about earlier this year the reasons why they didn't do it.

Why not make the printer a fully open source project where the guiding is done by framework but maybe most of the work f comes from the community?

[viraptor]

Is an open source version viable outside of research and fun? I expect tolerances on everything in a 300+dpi printer to be crazy low. Even the current 3d printers get the jokes that they're a hobby in maintenance/calibration on their own. Can't imagine how hard would be for an inkjet. (Laser could be easier...)

[trenchpilgrim]

> Even the current 3d printers get the jokes that they're a hobby in maintenance/calibration on their own.

Honestly auto calibration has gotten pretty good. But the lubrication and cleaning is definitely still somewhat involved.