Are these devices popular? My friend has two and is excited about them, but I have no exposure to them outside of that, so it's cool to see it pop up here.
The appeal is the ability to make decent labels which can withstand almost all indoor use and abuse for a reasonable amount of time.
I generally hand-label my boxes and things with specialized ink, and they hold very well even after a decade.
But if I'm going to label a spice jar or something gonna handled a lot, I use the printer. It's legible, resistant/resilient enough and reprinting things is easy.
I think part of it is that these printers end up offering so much more flexibility than your traditional labeler. Single-font single-line labels are boring, crummy built in excuses for emoji…
Does anyone know any good wifi printers receipt printers?
The only one I could find was Epson TM-30III but it's like 280E here.
CUPS driver for Xiqi printers ("FunnyPrint" application)
https://github.com/ValdikSS/printer-driver-funnyprint
Agh, I got myself a Niimbot D110 because it seemed to be the best supported "cheap" label printer (using the excellent https://niim.blue/ website).
If I knew these printers had CUPS drivers I might have gone that way instead..
Whoa, I had no idea about niim.blue, thanks for posting that. These little printers are great - replaced my Dymo completely.
I use Xiqi printer for barcode printing on a self-adhesive paper. It's about $11 only, battery powered, light, bluetooth.
I have a D110 and D110-H, and they're little, neat printers. What's not to like about them?
> What's not to like about them?
The required RFID label stock? But the rolls are imo reasonably priced from the likes of AliExpress, so not the end of the world.
(unless there is a way to use non RFID label rolls I'm not aware of)
Are these devices popular? My friend has two and is excited about them, but I have no exposure to them outside of that, so it's cool to see it pop up here.
They are quite handy for some people. Once you get one, you'll start labeling all stuff. It's fun and also helps finding stuff faster.
I assume part of the appeal is much cheaper label supplies than eg Epson?
The appeal is the ability to make decent labels which can withstand almost all indoor use and abuse for a reasonable amount of time.
I generally hand-label my boxes and things with specialized ink, and they hold very well even after a decade.
But if I'm going to label a spice jar or something gonna handled a lot, I use the printer. It's legible, resistant/resilient enough and reprinting things is easy.
I think part of it is that these printers end up offering so much more flexibility than your traditional labeler. Single-font single-line labels are boring, crummy built in excuses for emoji…
Meanwhile once I bought a roll of blue painters' tape I started labeling freaking everything.
Is there a driver for the cat printer? :D
Yes, there actual multiple ones
https://github.com/NaitLee/Cat-Printer
https://github.com/NaitLee/kitty-printer
https://github.com/rbaron/catprinter
https://github.com/xome4ok/cat-printer
https://github.com/TheNitek/CatGFX
You can print a cat?!? Please, don't tell my wife.
I love Fry, our wonderful cat, but...