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Andrew Liszewski
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With what has to be one of the most ambitious Kickstarter projects to come along in a while, the folks behind this Mini Mobile Robotic Printer want to revolutionize the mobile office. Because of instead of carrying a page-wide device that has to pull paper through it, this little marvel will instead print directly on a piece of paper while it rolls around on top of it.
The printer's arrow-shaped design makes it easy to properly position on a pageyou just need to make sure it starts in the upper left-hand corner of a piece of paper. It works on any sized piece of paper, but with a standard letter-sized sheet the current prototype can fill a page in just under a minute.
Its built-in ink cartridge is promised to churn though around 1,000 pages before needing to be replaced, but that's assuming every page you print isn't solid black. And at the moment the print quality is a less-than-amazing 96x192 dpi, but it's claimed that that will be improved if and when the Mini Mobile Robotic Printer becomes a reality.
Its creators are currently trying to raise $400,000 on Kickstarter to make it a reality, but there are certainly some very steep roadblocks to making it reliable and accurate enough to be worth carrying around. You can reserve one for yourself with a donation of $180, but you'll have to be patient since delivery isn't expected until early January 2015 at best.
http://gizmodo.com/pocket-sized-wonder-printer-would-work-its-own-way-acro-1561714206
PoliticAverse
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(9,808 posts)My grandmother's doctor makes house calls (assisted living, but still.) she often has to leave notes for caregivers and family, as well as patients. She carries a rather bulky wireless printer. This would be much easier for her.
My grandmother lost some of her ability to write when she had her stroke. She doesn't need a full sized printer, especially since her primary computer is an ipad. For the most part, she does her social networking via FB and email, but some of her friends aren't computer literate. She would like to mail them letters. For a very occasional printer user, this is perfect.
My lab uses iPads for client records and lab work. We have a wireless printer, but it would be brilliant to have one of these for scripts and when we go in the field.
My partner has unintelligible handwriting that gets worse the more he neglects it. He would carry one just so that he can write legible notes.