[HN Gopher] Roller Jet Printer
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Roller Jet Printer
Author : null_object
Score : 29 points
Date : 2022-09-09 05:04 UTC (17 hours ago)
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| freedude wrote:
| This is not new. Back before time began we had thermal fax
| machines that did the same thing. Try reading the paper after it
| was left in the sunshine all afternoon.
|
| Oops!
|
| This is a niche that doesn't solve problems but may create new
| problems. It also doesn't "deserve production".
| oneplane wrote:
| Considering this thing already exists, I suppose the goal here is
| that it's a bit of industrial design?
|
| Regardless of how it prints (be it the same as a ribbon-less
| Zebra printer), this obviously requires an additional device so
| instead of writing it down, then printing it, you could also not
| print it and keep the written down version. Or you could write it
| on the paper directly. But this is probably not why this was
| designed, it's not a solution to anything, but just
| conceptualised 'to exist'.
| 1970-01-01 wrote:
| Its a receipt printer and toilet paper stand in one!
| jsmith45 wrote:
| Insert obligatory Demolition Man reference here!
|
| Violating the Verbal Morality Statute just to get some toilet
| paper.
| feyr wrote:
| so.. it's a fax without a modem?
| freedude wrote:
| :D
| doctor_eval wrote:
| 5G
| time0ut wrote:
| I was expecting it be an inkjet due to the name. Instead, it is
| just a thermal printer. At least its pretty.
| jcrawfordor wrote:
| This looks like the Brother PocketJet with a paper towel holder
| taped to it.
| Mattasher wrote:
| Lovely design. Worth noting that small, roll feed thermal
| printers exist:
|
| https://brothermobilesolutions.com/products/printers/pocketj...
|
| I've been looking for one that can print a single, very long
| (unpagenated) document recently.
| doctor_eval wrote:
| The ones at Carrefour seem to do the job.
| voisin wrote:
| > Using direct thermal technology that doesn't require toner or
| ink cartridges
|
| If I understand correctly this is the same as receipt printers,
| and I've come across articles in the past about the paper being
| somewhat toxic versus regular paper.
| p1mrx wrote:
| So it's just a receipt printer in a different form factor?
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWlaT6Ge4Tw&t=492s
| colechristensen wrote:
| Yeah it's full of the hormone mimicking plasticizers implicated
| in endocrine disruption.
| ortusdux wrote:
| BPA plastic, and in a very high concentration. I would like
| to see medical research on high-exposure individuals. I would
| guess that volatizing it until it discolors seconds before
| handling might make it even more bioactive. I often see
| cashers resting their hand on the printer while the receipt
| prints through their fingers. It could very well be a class
| action lawsuit in the making.
|
| There are alternative papers that are considered safe. Keep
| in mind that many BPA free products just switch over to BPS',
| which are very similar and less understood.
|
| https://ecochit.com/
| jonahhorowitz wrote:
| The NIH has a paper.
|
| > Holding Thermal Receipt Paper and Eating Food after Using
| Hand Sanitizer Results in High Serum Bioactive and Urine
| Total Levels of Bisphenol A (BPA)
|
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206219/
| glennvtx wrote:
| All it needs to do is make that awful dot matrix sound.
| Ayesh wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| Isn't the paper also full of BPA?
| jonah wrote:
| They were, there are non-BPA paper options now. (But they're
| probably just BPB or something else almost as bad.)
| freedude wrote:
| Yup. Exactly.
| mbreese wrote:
| Reminds me of a printer we had at home _many_ years ago. I'm
| still not sure what it was best used for, but at least this model
| didn't need thermal paper.
|
| The Atari 1020: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_1020
|
| It too had a continuous roll of paper, but used pens to draw.
| Given that the article is talking about a single color thermal
| printer, having a pen plotter makes just as much sense.
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