How to build a printer

NDlurker 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Very cool. I'll be updating to this fork

greazy 10 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't understand the purpose. What am I missing?

The author "prints" to the eink display. Why not load say the pdf directly?

	▲	stdatomic 2 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		From the 4th line in the article: > But getting stuff onto it was tedious. I had to join its hotspot and open a little upload website in my browser. Yuck. Anyway, very creative, I like the idea a lot.
	▲	cat-whisperer 8 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> I was thinking of this, but rendering PDF takes a lot out of a 400KB RAM'd device. It also needs a ton of things to actually work which the ROM can't hold. > Kindles have a ton of RAM, this one didn't.

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ks2048 16 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Good job, but I’m left wanting to know how to build a printer.

	▲	cat-whisperer 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'd say it's an eco-friendly printer

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joshmarinacci 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I love the concept, but I wonder why he wasn’t printing to PDF. Can this device not render PDFs?

	▲	cat-whisperer 17 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I was thinking of this, but rendering PDF takes a lot out of a 400KB RAM'd device. It also needs a ton of things to actually work which the ROM can't hold. Kindles have a ton of RAM, this one didn't.
	▲	bluGill 17 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Probably not. It doesn't appear to have enough ram. I'm not sure the CPU is up to that either.

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jarboot an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is amazing!!! It just makes sense. And its just how you would want to use a e reader.

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cat-whisperer an hour ago | parent [-]

if it looks like a paper, it should act like a paper

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nomel an hour ago | parent [-]

You can even fold it, once!

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cat-whisperer 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

It's also not effective against rock

	▲	valleyer 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Funny. But... paper covers rock.

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sho_hn an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is a fantastic idea!

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andyfilms1 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We finally have PADDs from Star Trek!

	▲	cat-whisperer an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Wow!! I didn't think of that.

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stavros an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've been seeing the Xteink a lot lately. Should I get an X3 or an X4? I don't really know why I want it, but I have an eInk addiction, so I just need it.

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a2dam an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I've owned all of them and the answer is the X4 Pro IMO. It has a backlight, which is the only thing I really missed on the others.

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cat-whisperer an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It's funny that X3 is a successor of X4. Only downside is that X4 has a USB-C port and X3 doesn't

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stavros 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

What about the back light? Are they otherwise identical?

	▲	cat-whisperer 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		X3 isn't backlit, but the battery lasts 7 days. So, it's pretty good for me

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Brian_K_White 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Outstanding! This is so...correct.