I found an old HP deskjet 1000 at a thrift store that takes a plain 12v dc power supply. I got it for the same goal, to power it straight off the car. Haven't bothered to search for ink yet....
-wes On Monday, August 21, 2017, Dave <w7...@comcast.net> wrote: > Battery printers have existed for many decades Michael but I wouldn't > know where to refer you today. Household appliance repairmen and others > carry them on the job for tech analysis reports and receipts. Should not > be too hard to find an OEM. Someone here should know. -Dave. > > > On 8/20/2017 11:08 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > > Good to know. What would be really great is to find a similar printer > that > > would run from 12VDC. I'd like to set up a completely portable fly-away > > package that ran from 12VDC to utilize battery/vehicle/solar power. > > > > Michael > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Dave <w7...@comcast.net <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2017-August/087027.html > >> > >> Here's a follow-up report: > >> > >> /I ordered an HP Deskjet 1112 from Amazon for this application. It > claims > >> // > >> //to have full support for Linux Debian (RPi?) and Mint via USB. For $29 > >> it's // > >> //worth a try. If it works, it should be a perfect small addition to a > // > >> //stand-alone RPi student learning station.// > >> / > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------ > >> > >> Received the HP Deskjet 1112 and installed it first in Windows 7 to make > >> sure it worked. Then installed it to a Raspberry Pi 3B. > >> > >> The software installation went mostly smoothly, carefully following the > >> detailed instructions and accepting the defaults found at: > >> > >> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html > >> > >> They are close enough. (You do NOT have to worry about editing some ??? > >> file mentioned. It's not on the RPi.) > >> > >> The only glitch was the install requires a root/superuser password. If I > >> had one it apparently didn't like it so I added *sudo passwd root* and > >> made "*root*" the password. That worked. In the future I'll do up front > >> before beginning the software install to get it out of the way. > >> > >> I'm quite pleased with the results. For the price, it is a lot of > >> printer; quick, and excellent quality. But the HP software isn't > >> perfect. I can't get it to print the last page first despite a tab to > >> that effect, and it doesn't print footers despite showing them on the > >> screen. Since the printed text appears to be a little larger than it > >> should that probably explains the missing footers. I may be doing > >> something wrong, but again, for $29, and having an easy RPi3 Install, > >> this ain't bad. > >> > >> Will also be installing the 1112 to a Linux MINT machine just to wring > >> it out some more and see what happens. Hope this helps someone. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org <javascript:;> > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org <javascript:;> > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org <javascript:;> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug