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It is easy to "physically break" a thermal printer. Simply stop the servo motor while continuing to provide the power to the printer element heater. Your printe
by bmurray7jhu 8y ago
It is easy to "physically break" a thermal printer. Simply stop the servo motor while continuing to provide the power to the printer element heater. Your printer will soon catch fire. I've done it a few times myself while writing printer drivers.
- empath75 8y agoSo you’re the guy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire
- vvanders 8y ago> In the event of a printing stall, and occasionally during normal operation, the fusing oven would heat paper to combustion. This fire risk was aggravated by the fact that if the printer continued to operate, it would essentially stoke the oven with fresh paper at high speed. Ouch. Talk about failing open.
- singingboyo 8y agoHCF seems relevant in this case - Halt (servo motor) and Catch Fire