This $50 mini-printer makes emailing things to yourself obsolete

Its easy enough to create and share text and images on your smartphone. But sometimes theres no substitute for a hard copyand chances are you wont be near a printer when you need one.Those stone-age office machines from hell are often sequestered in inconvenient copy shops...and it seems that when you do find one of these relics, its either broken, jammed, or painfully slow.With a new gadget called droPrinter, your days of emailing documents to a PC for printing may be numbered. This portable printerfully funded on Kickstarter in just a few daysspits out anything you can display on a smartphone.Use the droPrinter iOS or Android app to print text, images, webpages, or anything else on your screenits like a Polaroid camera for cellphone screenshots. You can also generate QR codes to send printable images to your friends. Bonus: With its rechargeable battery (which lasts up to 120 hours), the gadget does double duty as a power pack for your phone.The droPrinter uses thermal paper instead of ink (much like a cash register or fax machine), so youll never have to fumble with toner cartridges. The paper is easy to find online or at office supply stores and relatively inexpensivetypically a couple dollars per roll.Measuring approximately 4 by 3 by 1 inches, its not conducive to printing, say, a dissertation. But when all you need is a to-do list, photo, or ticket in paper form, itll do the trick in a flash.Smartphone printer, $50 pre-order on Kickstarter.Join the conversation about this story
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