Open Source Inkjet Printer

(This is an abbreviated version of the Appropedia page)

• Thingiverse prototype created by Nicholas C Lewis

• Inkjet shield for Arduino

This shield allows you to connect a HP C6602 inkjet cartridge to your Arduino turning it into a 96 dpi print platform

Advantages

There are a lot of interesting possibilities for the use of such DIY open source inkjet printers to create appropriate technologies for sustainable development.

• avoiding unnecessary plastic parts in most commercial printers
• avoiding shipping carbon-fingerprint cost
• fully customization and artistic projects
• when your printer will break down, you won't buy a new one like nowadays with commercial printers, you'll just replace or fix the part that is malfunctionining in your open source.
• no more planned-obsolence chips or drivers added by the manufacturer to force keep replacing their expensive ink cartridge.

Potential Applications

1. Replacing commercial inkjet printers
2. Egg-bot or circular printers like this pingpong printer
3. Ticket or Barcode printer , Little Printer example, Toilet paper printer idea

TO DO

• Adding more print cartridge (only HP C6602 inkjet supported at the moment)
• Creating an open source print cartridge. forum discussion

Other links

• The HP C6602A Ink Cartridge blog
• Do-It-Yourself Printer & Plotter Repairing, Upgrading, Modding, Maintenance
• How does Inkjet Printer Works