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Printstik – Portable Printer from PlanOn

www.netbooknews.com The Print stick portable printer by plan on is only 1.5 pounds and runs on spools of paper and hooks up to your black berry or through windows drivers to your netbook.
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17 Responses to "Printstik – Portable Printer from PlanOn"

gotanmp3 says:

September 3, 2010 at 11:53 pm

Also, if you have the patience, you can re-spool the paper yourself with regular fax paper. I bought a regular el-cheapo pack from Office Depot and actually got better print quality than the included paper. Granted, it’s a cumbersome process of manually rolling the paper onto the spool (think re-stringing a weedeater, but with paper), but as far as print compatibility goes – it works fine.
gotanmp3 says:

September 4, 2010 at 12:35 am

I recently bought a Printstik even though there plenty of mixed reviews on it. The build quality of the plastic portions has that typical “made in China” look and feel. At least the actual guts of the device are metal and thermal print heads usually last a very long time. It’s slow, somewhat noisy and the print quality is about the same as a commercial receipt printer.

Of course, if you need portable inkless printing (I do HVAC work and loathe carbon forms), it gets the job done.
minipcpro says:

September 4, 2010 at 12:36 am

@nathanmalcolm21 ok nathan and rachel, let me tell you something about gaining reputation and taking care of your online brand equity. It’s not supportive when you are making up fake youtube accounts and trying to push your product. this is so obvious and i can’t say that i really like it, when our channel is becoming an instrument for such a poor marketing. please stop that. thank you!
nathanmalcolm21 says:

September 4, 2010 at 12:38 am

This printer works really well, and is really small. Comes with a carrying case and works great with Windows. Perfect for on the go users and quality is really good. Printer paper cheap.
rachethomas says:

September 4, 2010 at 1:05 am

Great investment. Can print off vtrtually anything. Compact and comes with it’s own carrying case. Perfect for on th go use.!!!!
Gondee says:

September 4, 2010 at 1:16 am

It does not use ink =)
VladIDrago says:

September 4, 2010 at 1:37 am

0:39 .
Pinwormx says:

September 4, 2010 at 2:07 am

Expensive paper.
3yE says:

September 4, 2010 at 2:16 am

I recall Pentax manufactures a similar tiny device, so you might want to look around for alternatives, it might not be unique.
3yE says:

September 4, 2010 at 2:34 am

This device is actually called PLANon PRINTSTIK if you want to google it up and has exactly the same horizontal resolution as an old fax device – 200dpi. It has been in production (slightly varying models: 900, 905, 910, 950) for about 1-2 years now. I was a bit wrong and it can be at least charged from USB over at least 2 hours for roughly 10 minutes of nonstop heater work (20-30 pages).

I have no confirmation whether the paper formula is the same as fax, but the cartridges are incompatible.
nerdelicious5 says:

September 4, 2010 at 3:09 am

My jaw dropped at how small that printer was!
Mohamedhp says:

September 4, 2010 at 3:42 am

“in US dollars people” that came out good

Hope this printer gets cheaper in near future
Mohamedhp says:

September 4, 2010 at 4:24 am

So cool
AJComixII says:

September 4, 2010 at 4:51 am

Interesting, I may get one.
3yE says:

September 4, 2010 at 5:39 am

The paper comes in a 20-sheet roll, which you keep inside the printer. If my guess is correct and they have rediscovered the good old facsimile paper and printing method, it should start darkening at 70°C, the printing temperature being just above 100°C. It would yellow on sunlight in a matter of days and the print might fade within a few months to years. It has a built-in battery which needs to be charged from wall outlet – no amount of USB power will be sufficient for this device.
AJComixII says:

September 4, 2010 at 6:19 am

Where does the paper feed in? Since it’s thermal, leaving it somewhere warm would blacken it, so what’s the temperature limit? Is it powered by USB? If so, one or two ports?
Nownextlaterforever says:

September 4, 2010 at 6:29 am

yay first coment