printer



A  printer  is a device that produces text or images on physical paper, and can be used to create a physical copy of a personal website or webmentions sent to a personal website.

IndieWeb Examples

 * Printing h-cards https://jamesg.blog/2021/07/02/thermal-printer-hcard
 * Printing webmentions received https://jamesg.blog/2021/06/22/thermal-printer-part-3
 * Printing pages from the IndieWeb wiki https://jamesg.blog/2021/07/01/thermal-printer-project-indieweb-wiki

The aforementioned examples make use of thermal printing which do not require ink.

Criticism
Some printers are designed to sell for low retail prices while the ink cartridges are expensive and proprietary in order to create recurring revenue to the manufacturer of the device.


 * Thread: may fail to print black & white document when out of blue ink: https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1362496379336155137
 * "Why even have a printer if it refuses to print black and white documents because you’re out of blue ink 😤" @AOC February 18, 2021
 * Thread from Cory Doctorow: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1362251860300627968
 * "Back in November, I published an article for @EFF about @HP's latest printer-ink ripoff: after offering its customers a free-ink-for-life plan, it unilaterally switched them all to a $1/month-for-life plan. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer  1/" @doctorow February 18, 2021
 * 2020-11-05 EFF: Ink-Stained Wretches: The Battle for the Soul of Digital Freedom Taking Place Inside Your Printer