How to build a printer

 (nishantjosh.dev)

99 points | by cat-whisperer 3 hours ago

7 comments

  • ks2048 1 minute ago
    Good job, but I’m left wanting to know how to build a printer.
  • joshmarinacci 8 minutes ago
    I love the concept, but I wonder why he wasn’t printing to PDF. Can this device not render PDFs?
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    • cat-whisperer 2 minutes ago
      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 1 minute ago
      Probably not. It doesn't appear to have enough ram. I'm not sure the CPU is up to that either.
  • jarboot 1 hour ago
    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 59 minutes ago
      if it looks like a paper, it should act like a paper
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      • nomel 46 minutes ago
        You can even fold it, once!
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        • cat-whisperer 14 minutes ago
          It's also not effective against rock
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          • valleyer 12 minutes ago
            Funny. But... paper covers rock.
  • sho_hn 31 minutes ago
    This is a fantastic idea!
  • andyfilms1 1 hour ago
    We finally have PADDs from Star Trek!
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  • stavros 50 minutes ago
    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 39 minutes ago
      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.
    • cat-whisperer 45 minutes ago
      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 20 minutes ago
        What about the back light? Are they otherwise identical?
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        • cat-whisperer 9 minutes ago
          X3 isn't backlit, but the battery lasts 7 days. So, it's pretty good for me
  • Brian_K_White 1 hour ago
    Outstanding! This is so...correct.