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So, like a thermal receipt printer (often in 80mm width), but wider? Thermal receipts have their place. They are quite fast, and maintenance is either you repl
by Ayesh 4y ago
So, like a thermal receipt printer (often in 80mm width), but wider?
Thermal receipts have their place. They are quite fast, and maintenance is either you replace the paper roll, or throw away the printer once its lifespan is over (usually about 50km on most entry level models), small, and cheap enough to install a bunch of them at every checkout lane, delivery driver, etc.
The downside is that the prints don't last. Try putting a tape on the printed paper, and the print fades in a day or two. Even a heat as small as running a nail with mild pressure on the paper activates the ink.
If this were to be a serious contender, the real innovation has to be the paper; not the printer.
- colordrops 4y agoIsn't the paper also full of BPA?
- jonah 4y agoThey were, there are non-BPA paper options now. (But they're probably just BPB or something else almost as bad.)
- freedude 4y agoYup. Exactly.
- abraxas 4y agoIs there a reason this could not be a tiny dot matrix printer? Or would people scoff at the noise?
- msmenardi 4y agoMy understanding of dot matrix printers is that the size is limited mostly by the mechanical machinery required for the printing functionality. But maybe we can make it smaller these days.
- huhtenberg 4y agoThe mechanical complexity is exactly what would've made it so much cooler and less trivial.