Re: TI-H: RE: Printing


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Re: TI-H: RE: Printing




I have been working on a small thermal printer. It can be very expensive for
the unit

ryan pogge wrote:

> yea i think it would be real handy, it would have to be small...
> it could use a paper roll/tape to print on,
> in fact ive seen minature thermal printers in mouser or digikey or
> something.
>
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> >From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
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> >We were thinking in the line of a full 8 1/2x11 graph
> >
> >>YES, PRINTING IS IMPORTANT TO ME!.  I hate having to do a million
> >>"sketch the graph" problems in a row when the graph is already on my
> >>calc.
> >>As for how it should work, it would be nice to have it connected
> >>directly to the calc.  It should probably also be pretty quiet for use
> >>in a classroom setting.  A thermal printer that uses a roll of paper
> >>similar to adding machine tape would work nicely for graphs and pic
> >>files.  I think HP has something like this but it is really expensive.
> >>
> >>
> >>>Is printing important to you, and if so, how should it work?
> >>>
> >>>This is how Travis and I were planning:
> >>>1.  Calc contacts printer que
> >>>2.  reports picture size
> >>>3.  reports zoom size
> >>>4.  data (text, PIC)
> >>>5.  done
> >
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