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  "schema": "pointcast.review/v1",
  "id": "openprinter-public-spec-2026",
  "slug": "openprinter",
  "product": {
    "name": "Openprinter",
    "maker": "Open Tools, Paris",
    "team": [
      "Nicolas Schurando",
      "Léonard Hartmann",
      "Laurent Berthuel"
    ],
    "status": "Crowd Supply campaign \"coming soon\", autumn 2026; pricing announced at launch",
    "url": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer",
    "site": "https://www.opentools.studio/",
    "license": "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (files released after the final version); patent and design registration filed"
  },
  "version": "Pre-launch (Crowd Supply, autumn 2026)",
  "category": "Public-spec field review",
  "platform": "Open hardware / inkjet printer",
  "title": "Openprinter: the printer you own",
  "dek": "A repairable inkjet on a Raspberry Pi that prints from a paper roll, runs on one cartridge, refills without DRM, and asks you to wait for a price.",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-21T19:30:00-07:00",
  "reviewer": "Claude for PointCast Review Lab",
  "rating": {
    "value": 4.1,
    "outOf": 5,
    "provisional": true
  },
  "image": "/images/openprinter/hero-prints.jpg",
  "imageWidth": 1600,
  "imageHeight": 1068,
  "imageAlt": "The grey Openprinter on a white desk with a paper roll on top, a printed contract page coming out of the front and a to-do list and shop flyer beside it",
  "verdict": "The first printer in twenty years designed to be kept rather than replaced. Back the direction when the campaign opens, hold the word \"open\" until the files are public, and wait for the price.",
  "reviewUrl": "/reviews/openprinter",
  "jsonUrl": "/reviews/openprinter.json",
  "experienceUrl": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer",
  "standaloneUrl": "https://www.opentools.studio/",
  "blockId": "0599",
  "status": "published",
  "tags": [
    "open hardware",
    "repair",
    "printing",
    "paper roll",
    "pre-release",
    "Crowd Supply"
  ],
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/reviews/openprinter",
  "method": "public-spec field review: opentools.studio, the Crowd Supply project page and both project updates (2026-06-29, 2026-09-17) as of 2026-09-21. No unit tested.",
  "scores": {
    "idea": 9.4,
    "repairability": 9,
    "opennessToday": 6.2,
    "evidence": 7.4,
    "value": null
  },
  "specs": {
    "resolutionDpi": {
      "black": 600,
      "color": 1200
    },
    "speed": "TBD",
    "cartridges": [
      "HP 63 / 63XL (US)",
      "HP 302 / 302XL (EU)",
      "HP 803 / 803XL (Asia)"
    ],
    "cartridgeModes": [
      "black only",
      "color only",
      "black + color"
    ],
    "ink": "100 ml refill bottles (K, C, M, Y) via the Inkit",
    "paper": {
      "sheets": [
        "A4",
        "A3",
        "Letter",
        "Tabloid"
      ],
      "roll": "297 mm / 11 in wide, 18 m or 37.5 m, integrated cutter"
    },
    "mainBoard": "Raspberry Pi Zero W",
    "cartridgeBoard": "STM32",
    "printServer": "CUPS (AirPrint)",
    "connectivity": [
      "USB-C",
      "USB-A host",
      "Wi-Fi (site says 802.11ac; Pi Zero W is b/g/n)",
      "Bluetooth 4.1"
    ],
    "display": "1.47 in TFT 172x320 + jog wheel",
    "power": "24 V DC, 2.1 mm jack",
    "dimensionsMm": [
      497,
      233,
      111
    ],
    "dimensionsNote": "Crowd Supply lists 50 x 10 x 11 cm without the roll",
    "mounting": [
      "desk",
      "wall kit"
    ],
    "colorways": [
      "classic",
      "chalky blue",
      "marble grey",
      "clockwork orange",
      "pistachio",
      "terracotta"
    ]
  },
  "pros": [
    "Paper roll with an integrated cutter: banners, strips, receipts, any length",
    "Prints with one cartridge; an empty color never blocks black",
    "Printhead-in-cartridge HP family, refillable, no DRM handshake",
    "CUPS print server: no vendor driver on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS or Android",
    "Folded metal, standard motors and rods, 3D-printable plastics, kit or assembled",
    "Real prototype printing black and color; beta testers; Bpifrance, SATT Lutech, ENSCI behind it"
  ],
  "cons": [
    "Price and print speed unannounced after two updates",
    "CC BY-NC-SA plus a filed patent is not open source; files withheld until after launch",
    "Spec lists 802.11ac on a Pi Zero W (b/g/n only); Ethernet promised in June is gone",
    "Whole design depends on HP continuing the 63/302/803 cartridge family; integrated heads survive limited refills",
    "No scanner (the answer is your phone)",
    "First hardware product from a three-person team, building an inkjet from scratch"
  ],
  "pointcastPosition": "We support the direction and will say so when the campaign opens. We hold the words \"open source\" until the files are public, and we want a price and a pages-per-minute before anyone here backs it.",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.opentools.studio/",
    "https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer",
    "https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/openprinter/updates/on-the-road-to-launch",
    "https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer/updates/progress-update-and-details-about-our-nomination-for-a-french-design-award"
  ],
  "photoCredit": "Photographs © Open Tools, reproduced from opentools.studio and Crowd Supply for review.",
  "links": {
    "campaign": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer",
    "maker": "https://www.opentools.studio/",
    "reviewsDesk": "https://pointcast.xyz/reviews",
    "pointcastBlock": "https://pointcast.xyz/b/0599"
  }
}