"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you can send us a doodle"

Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by diggan on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:46AM (#37942131)

Would that happen even if you laminate it + stick it in a dark place?

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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by szszrk on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:59AM (#37942281)

In my experience yes. Old receipt roles fade even stored in a warehouse. I would try that anyway, as an experiment.

A cheap thermal printer for kids is around 10-20 USD (got one for such price with 10 rolls of paper, half of which is sticky paper), has bluetooth, usb and battery. Fits in a pocket. Would be fun to stick such qr code inside some not important book left lying around.

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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by Sabinus on Friday October 20, 2023 @12:29AM (#37952403)

I would caution about giving children receipt paper. It may contain a lot of BPA (or replacements).

https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/controversi...

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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by Chingers on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:51AM (#37942172)

The laminating process would probably blacken the entire paper

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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by calabin on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:58AM (#37942262)

Yes I found this out the hard way just last week - thought I was being pretty clever with my inside-the-box packing label.

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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by diggan on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:58AM (#37942253)

There are laminators that don't use heat ;)

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