[salgernon]

adafruit used to sell a little pi powered thermal printer[1] but I always found the case a little fiddly and fragile. And my office mate didn’t care for the thing coming on at random times. (Not as bad as the text only 40 col commercial receipt printer that used actual ink and was as loud as a full size Epson MX-80.

Free idea: Uber for printers. Need to print something? Car drives up with a printer in the boot, you print whatever (umbrella as appropriate) and the driver is responsible for ink and paper.

[1] https://www.adafruit.com/product/717

[ornornor]

I cant imagine how much it would cost per print. I doubt anyone would be willing to pay 5–10$ for the first page. It’s cheaper to drive to a print shop or send your pdf to a printing service and receive hard copies by mail.

[fragmede]

For those not driving, Uber package delivery will probably do the delivery for you.

[aziaziazi]

I’m not driving and just walk or ride my bike to the next print shop (150m) or the further one (300m). I’m blessed to live in an affordable, living suburb.

There’s many Uber (and competitors) cars parked in my neighborhood but I don’t see them often in the road. They probably roam around more pricy neighborhoods for work.

[deanputney]

Before I bought a printer for home, I'd go print things at my local library. Pretty convenient, and it was free for 10 b/w pages a week! But getting my own used Brother printer was a real step up.