I want to print some E-Books I own. While I initially thought about buying a classic dot-matrix printer with connected paper, I kinda drifted over to thermo printers and then reciept printers. I really don't need full size letter paper and cutting it is too much work so it would kinda work for me.
Problem is, I have no Idea whenever it can be used like a normal printer and just shrink the E-Books to fit the size.
Also, in my Country Reciept and Label Printer are mixed together and hard to distinguish when new to this like I am.
So, I'm just trying my luck by asking here. Anyone here have expirence with those printers and printing something similar? Would it work on Linux (if it's just printing I might as well use windows though)?
You could, but this is a shitty idea. You'll probably actually spend too much time reformatting the damn thing.
Just print double-sided on A4 with a laser printer or on a text-type quick inkjet setting & if the formatting was intended for like A5/A6-ish sized books just do 2/4 pages per A4 page and double-sided or such.
Adrian Torres
most ebook formats aren't formatted for any screen size; they're meant to scale. because e-readers come in all different sizes. so that shouldn't be a problem for this guy
You should find a local print shop and ask if they can do it for you. Plain A4 double sided paper is so cheap for them compared to the price you'll have to pay.
Joshua Howard
there are also sub 50 bucks chinc printers with bluetooth
Cooper Hughes
Are there any dot matrix printers that work on linux cups?
Brody Rivera
> print entire book out on dot matrix printer > roll book up into a scroll Oh fuck that actually sounds cool printing books out as scrolls
Luke Hill
well, there are also dot-matrix thermo printer but I initially meand needle printer. it probably would be better to say thermo, needle, ink etc.. instead of dot-matrix. My fault for starting it, please do not adopt a wierd and vague naming sense.
Colton Murphy
this isn't the newest of ideas
Ryan Adams
I can't wait to stroll into Starbucks wearing my classy as fuck fedora and see the looks on all the Chad's faces when I whip my latest scroll out of my cargo shorts. Ladies, please, one at a time.
Jose Adams
Kek
David Thompson
Chucked
Anthony Thomas
Why would you do this? If you're trying to avoid staring at a screen all day then just get an e-reader.
Luke Price
What if I simply want to read on paper?
Angel Carter
I read somewhere that ink evaporates from paper at 60-70 C*. does this mean that you can wrap a ring of paper around two cylinders and and print endlessly on the same paper if you heat one of the two extremities? provided with endlessly ink or some alternative source oc
Owen King
Say goodbye to your testicles! Seriously though, make sure that your receipt paper if you go through with this, is free of BPA, BPS and other endocrine disruptors. For awhile heat printed and reciept papers were almost all coated in BPA so...yeah, watch it.
allright, after looking a lot and considering various options, I ordered a refurbished one for cheap. It can hold bigger rolls compared to the adafruit or chinc ones, and works over usb.
Because Laser Printing is expensive AF. Not as much as Ink but Toner and Picture Drum still aren't cheap. (Also, as I said, I don't need full size paper)
