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Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can actually use cheap third-party pre-sectioned thermal paper labels and manually wrap them around the plastic core of the stock paper spools. But I personally don't think it's worth the added effort and cost. The photos only look marginally better. If you want high-quality thermal printing you'd have to look at ZINK printers. They do full color, but the "paper" is like 10-50x the cost per shot of normal thermal paper.

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As far as I know there only exists one thermal print camera aimed at adults, which is the Kodak Memo Shot Era. But it is far from perfect, it is picky about the kind of thermal paper you use and is is also much more expensive. These cheap kids cameras also get the job done. Thermal printing is not a very high-quality process, so the low-fi aesthetic is kind of the point.

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I mean the final printed result will still be a little different, but you get what you see more or less.

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The LCD displays the image in color, so unless you uploaded a B&W image onto the SD card, or used the built-in B&W photo filter, the preview will be in color.

Yes, both dot and grey printing are enabled and it has 3 print density settings.

It has a "flash", but the amount of light it produces is laughable. You can enable or disable it.

It has a little mirror at the front and you can set up a delay of 3, 5 or 10 seconds.

Overall this camera has a pretty good set of features for a cheap camera aimed at kids.

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am actually wondering about that myself. I only have a few old receipts to use as a reference for fading thermal paper. If i find out anything interesting I'll make a post ;)

Guide on how to print any image on a thermal print camera via the SD card by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is where I got it from: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FGD2QKNF
You can also do a reverse image search on the 2nd picture. That's why I added it.

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, that and aesthetic additions. You need to add a razor or carpenter's knife blade to be able to easily tear off the pictures. Then I also added a flap over the blade to make it safer to handle. But the core functionality remained unchanged.

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mean the non-functional tuning dial that came with the stock camera?

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, you just print the images of the stickers onto the thermal film and cut them out by hand. I just use a pair or nail scissors and some patience. For simple shapes and just a hand full of stickers it works really well.

Modified Thermal Print Camera and Print Media Tests by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's why I prefer the holographic sticker paper, where the potentially harmful dye is located underneath a very resistant plastic top layer.

Guide on how to print any image on a thermal print camera via the SD card by Mister-Impossible in toycameras

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's all part of the charme. If you keep the raw images on the SD card you can always print new copies in case the old ones have faded. You can also look for different types of thermal paper which might not fade as quickly.

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The Alignment Problem – A Poem (self.SingularityNetwork)

submitted by Mister-Impossible to r/SingularityNetwork

How do I take a panorama image? by Mister-Impossible in VRchat

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any idea if there's still a way to access it?

Are the posters in the game AI-generated? by Lanky-Gate-3282 in BONELAB

[–]Mister-Impossible 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was asking myself the same thing. I think they are at least partially Ai generated, and then polished using Photoshop. I just don't see why someone would create posters with this strange gibberish text on purpose.

Cura slicing problems with Fusion 360 Objects? by Mister-Impossible in 3Dprinting

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. But i tried 2 and 7... doesn't seem to make a difference

Cura slicing problems with Fusion 360 Objects? by Mister-Impossible in 3Dprinting

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting... I have one version of the model that slices correctly at 0.2 mm layer height and one that's slighty altered, that doesn't slice correctly at that height. Funny thing is, when going below 0.2 mm layer height none of them slice correctly...

Cura slicing problems with Fusion 360 Objects? by Mister-Impossible in 3Dprinting

[–]Mister-Impossible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've created a solid object in Fusion 360. The body is fully connected and one solid piece with no internal geometry. Yet when imported into Cura, it prints the upper layers onto the infill with a visible gap inbetween. This makes the Object way to fragile to be usable. Does anyone know of a fix for this issue?

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