Hacker News with Generative AI: Printing

Writing your own CUPS printer driver in 100 lines of Python (2018) (pretix.eu)
In version 1.8 of pretix, we introduced shipping management as a new feature for the pretix Hosted and Enterprise editions.
Python, Printing, Programming, Open Source, Software
203 points by todsacerdoti 33 days ago | 30 comments
Show HN: Printstack – I'll print and post your Substacks to you (printstack.net)
If I get 100 orders by Sunday night I'll do it.
Substack, Printing, Startups, Business
13 points by mbanerjeepalmer 47 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Driverless print server for legacy printers, profit goes to open-source (printserver.ink)
UoWPrint is a modern print server created to bring wireless capabilities to older printers, scanners, and all-in-one devices.
Hardware, Open Source, Printing, Software
188 points by ValdikSS 54 days ago | 42 comments
Best printer 2025: just buy a Brother laser printer, the winner is clear (theverge.com)
Buying any random Brother laser printer will let you print things without thinking about it too much
Printing, Consumer Tech, Reviews
7 points by ecliptik 86 days ago | 2 comments
Monotype and Phototypesetting (2000) [pdf] (archive.org)
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20040305094501/http://www.letterpress.ch:80/APINET/IMMPDF/MONOPHOTO/PHS_journal.pdf
Printing, Typography, History, Design, Technology
19 points by susam 112 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Printercow – Turn any thermal printer into an API endpoint (printercow.com)
Turn AI conversations into tangible moments with thermal printing. Let your AI assistant create physical art, daily poems, todo lists, recipes, or custom receipts that spark joy. Skip the screen fatigue – get AI-generated content in a format you can touch, share, and stick to your wall.
AI, Hardware, Printing, Productivity
150 points by lionpixel 157 days ago | 103 comments
CMYK in Inkscape could be a game-changer for professional print designers (davidrevoy.com)
As a digital artist and long-time user of free and libre graphic software, I'm excited to share with you a significant development that's been missing from our ecosystem: user-friendly CMYK support in Inkscape (and its CMYK PDF output).
Design, Graphics Software, Open Source, Printing, Inkscape
17 points by s1291 158 days ago | 7 comments
Guten: A Tiny Newspaper Printer (amanvir.com)
Hardware, Printing, DIY Projects, Open Source
265 points by thunderbong 173 days ago | 106 comments
Xerox to acquire Lexmark (lexmark.com)
NORWALK, Conn., and LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 23, 2024 – Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX) today announced it has agreed to acquire Lexmark International, Inc., from Ninestar Corporation, PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda Investment Centre in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, inclusive of assumed liabilities.
Acquisitions, Technology, Business, Printing
263 points by taubek 186 days ago | 214 comments
The science of routing print orders (canva.dev)
How Canva uses graph traversal to handle the complexity of getting print orders to our customers.
Printing, Graph Theory, Computer Science, Operations Research, Business
21 points by SerCe 199 days ago | 4 comments
Why is printer ink so expensive? (digitalrightsbytes.org)
Few liquids are more precious than printer ink, but that's not because ink is expensive to make. How can HP— and its handful of competitors in the highly concentrated printer market—get away with charging these kinds of markups?
Consumerism, Business, Printing, Economics
93 points by throw7 203 days ago | 123 comments
Show HN: AirPrint Bridge: Enable AirPrint for Non-AirPrint Printers on macOS (github.com/sapireli)
AirPrint Bridge: Seamlessly Enable AirPrint for Non-AirPrint Printers on macOS
MacOS, Printing, Open Source, Software, Hardware
63 points by eliransapir 212 days ago | 13 comments
Typesetting and printing a family memoir (2017) (teamten.com)
In the 1980s, my great-uncle, André Klat, wrote his memoirs on a typewriter.
Typesetting, Printing, Memoir, Family History
48 points by cxr 225 days ago | 13 comments
Csiro opens $6.8M printing facility to make flexible solar panels (abc.net.au)
Solar panels that can be printed out like newspapers and rolled up to fit in your pocket are one step closer thanks to a new development by the national science agency.
Solar Energy, Printing, Technology, Innovation
5 points by CharlesW 234 days ago | 0 comments
The Origins of PostScript [pdf] (gwern.net)
Computer Science, Programming Languages, History, Printing, PDF
5 points by fanf2 262 days ago | 0 comments
Bugs Found in CUPS (thestack.technology)
Details of several critical Linux vulnerabilities that the security community has been awaiting have landed – they involve bugs in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System.
Security, Linux, Vulnerabilities, Printing
9 points by achenet 273 days ago | 1 comments
Victorian Artistic Printing (2009) (sheaff-ephemera.com)
Victorian Era, Art, Printing, History
21 points by jfil 316 days ago | 3 comments
HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash (tomshardware.com)
Printing, Hardware, Consumer Products, Business
141 points by ohmyblock 353 days ago | 130 comments
The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (2016) (smithsonianmag.com)
History, Printing, Buddhism, Ancient History
169 points by squircle 360 days ago | 94 comments
Printing Music with CSS Grid (cruncher.ch)
Printing, CSS, Web Development
996 points by speckx 423 days ago | 85 comments