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    3D printed Thermal Instant Camera

    While the days of the Polaroid may have passed, the love of instant photography has not--especially when physical photos can be printed immediately. Swedish student Arvid Larsson was a fan of instant photography, but not the expense of each Polaroid photo, and took his time over the summer to conceptualize and build a camera that can instantly print photos using a thermal printer--for only about 0.01 SEK (0.001159 USD) per print. Using a 3D printed case, a Raspberry Pi, a small camera, and a thermal printer, and powered by a batter pack, the camera cost only around $170 to make--and now functions nicely, printing 10 photos for a penny. Check out his design process and a look at the camera's capabilities in the full article: http://3dprint.com/85696/raspberry-pi-instant-camera/


    Below is a photo of Larsson's instant thermal printing camera:

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    Hi there,

    what thermal printer did they use?
    I cant see any printer that is cheap enough!

    best regards
    baykush

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    Quote Originally Posted by baykush View Post
    Hi there,

    what thermal printer did they use?
    I cant see any printer that is cheap enough!

    best regards
    baykush
    From the looks of it I think he uses the Adafruit thermal printer.

    https://www.adafruit.com/products/597

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    Quote Originally Posted by toonr86 View Post
    From the looks of it I think he uses the Adafruit thermal printer.

    https://www.adafruit.com/products/597
    Yes that is the one I used for this project. But it is much much cheaper on ebay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arvid Larsson View Post
    Yes that is the one I used for this project. But it is much much cheaper on ebay.
    I've sent you a private message about your project.

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