Printer "mPrinter" which is small enough to carry around and can be operated via smartphones or PC from the Internet

A compact, heat-sensitive black-and-white printer that can carry and print characters and pictures by connecting with a laptop or smartphone via wireless LAN or USB, operating from a web browser,MPrinter"is.

MPrinter - An analog printer for a digital world by Andy Muldowney? Kickstarter

The video to explain the details of the project is as follows.


Thermal paper comes out from the printer.


The character "HELLO" is output ... ...


"My name is" followed.


At the end, it outputs "mPrinter" character. That's why the printer himself printed out the paper that wrote himself, "Hello, my name is Em printer."


Samples actually printed are as follows.



He is an engineer and entrepreneur who developed this productAndy MuldowneyMr.


The operation of the printer is executable from the browser and it is possible to perform operations such as printing via the Internet.


The actual operation screen is as follows.



It is planned to be operated from the iPhone application.


Illustration of hand-painted small children ... ....


You can also output from "mPrinter".


The hardware prototype looks something like this.



The specification of the device is planned to be released as open source.


It also has a port for the LAN cable, and it is possible to print data received from outside via the API automatically.


The finished product has the following shape.


In addition, if you invest 100 dollars (about 8000 yen) and pay a shipping cost of 20 dollars (about 1600 yen), you can get 1 "mPrinter" model of WiFi compatible model and 1 roll of thermal paper, the deadline is Japan time It is up to 6:38 am on September 12th, 2012.