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by ustad 622 days ago
Whats the printer you have? I’ve been thinking of getting one and did not know about the notification and external feature you mention.
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I have a Rongta RP331.

The thing I wish it could do different is that when printing a single line, the autocutter hides it, so you have to line feed about 5 times until the line you printed is visible.

If i did it different, maybe i would try to find a printer that is able to do reverse line feed so I can "peek" at a single line and then not waste paper. but i think those are about 3-4 times more expensive.

There are a lot of cheap Chinese dot matrix printers. As an American if you search by mm size you will find those, if you search by inches you will find more reputable (and culturally sensitive) brands.

I bought two Chinese printers, one burned up pretty quick when I was testing it but I might have been printing too much black. The other is fine I think but really I am not so motivated to make thermal prints when I have a good quality inkjet. (My best thermal print was a small Lusamine

https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1821741

which demonstrates how Nintendo official art is designed to render on cheap screens like the Nintendo 3DS)