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Re:Show HN: Printercow – Turn any thermal printer into an AP... by pjc50 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:30AM (#42781176)
> I could see myself using something like this to print recipes.

The home equivalent of a fast food kitchen ticket printer!

I think this is a fun little project, but only until people discover how annoying thermal printers are in actual use, combining all the user-hostility of printers with a tiny form factor.

If you want a really unique gimmick, you can get wireless bluetooth thermal printers that have belt loops. Intended as table-side receipt printers for waitstaff or ticket printers for transit.

Another unique feature receipt printers often have that regular ones don't: a 24V pulse "kicker", intended for firing the release solenoid on cash drawers. I'm sure someone can find a use for that.

(I spent some time in the POS software mines)

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Re:Show HN: Printercow – Turn any thermal printer into an AP... by corytheboyd on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:35AM (#42781233)
> The home equivalent of a fast food kitchen ticket printer!

Exactly where my head went haha, next thought was having a clip to hold the recipe up :p

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