A Basil Plant@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoArch users trying to print fileslemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down18
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minus-squareГригорий Клюшников@friends.grishka.melinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoArtificial, licensing? What kind of licensing could one possibly need to build a machine that deposits ink onto paper? Printers have existed for way more than 20 years so surely all the important patents must have expired.
minus-squareEugene@mas.tolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months ago@grishka @ABasilPlant @AncientGood I made a very little (re)search and found what all main components: #postscript , Printer Command Language ( #PCL ) and a bunch of ISO standards not a subject of licensing. I dunno, maybe this anti #privacy shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots — should be licensed 🤷♂️
Artificial, licensing? What kind of licensing could one possibly need to build a machine that deposits ink onto paper? Printers have existed for way more than 20 years so surely all the important patents must have expired.
@grishka @ABasilPlant @AncientGood I made a very little (re)search and found what all main components: #postscript , Printer Command Language ( #PCL ) and a bunch of ISO standards not a subject of licensing. I dunno, maybe this anti #privacy shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots — should be licensed 🤷♂️