Working LEGO Printer Uses Felt-Tip Pens: Say What?
June 3rd, 2010
I know that LEGO bricks can be used to make many things, but this is the first time that I’ve seen them being used for making fully-functional printer.
This LEGO printer was created by a guy named Squirrelfantasy. His working printer uses felt-tip pens instead of inkjets or lasers. Check out the video below to see it in action.
The way that it prints images kind of reminds me of a dot-matrix printer – or maybe an old X/Y plotter – albeit with a larger printing nib since this one uses a felt-tip pen. I wonder if printing resolution would go up if he used a fine-point felt pen? Sharpie, anyone?
[via Boing Boing via DVice]
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When I saw the first pic I thought we had a lego plotter. But no, it’s just like an inkjet, only incredibly inefficient and low-res.
I love it! Seriously! It’s got minifigs sitting at control panels! Palm trees? A horse? What? Awesome!
amazing…..
period…s