HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors

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HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::“Never own a printer again.”

Are there any open source paper printers around? Like there are with 3D printers such as the Voron?
To my knowledge, no—the type of person who would be able to create such a printer usually isn’t interested in making printouts. Theoretically, an impact character printer (daisy wheel) is within the range of an enthusiastic hobbyist with enough programming knowledge to write the driver. A laser printer of modest resolution should be within the reach of a skilled team. Inkjet I think requires too many specialized parts.
Fortunately laser printers are better in basically every way. Unfortunately don’t hold your breath.