Open BOM (Bill of Materials)
You need a Raspberry PI and a thermal printer
Plus you should find these things easily:
- hdmi monitor (you can use any desktop computer's monitor or tv)
- hdmi video cable
- usb cable: usb <-> micro usb (type B)
- usb charger (most cellphones charger are ok)
USB Thermal Printers
Searches
| Shop | Search | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Aliexpress | USB thermal printer - price ASC | view on aliexpress |
| Aliexpress | USB thermal printer | view on aliexpress |
Products
| Price USD | Price EUR | Shop | Model | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~39$ USD | xx Eur | Aliexpress | Standard | view on aliexpress |
| $36.93 USD | xx Eur | Amazon | Standard | view on amazon |
| xx USD | yy Eur | Example | Standard | add your finding |
Boards (rasp pi, cubieboard ...)
Searches
| Link | Shop |
|---|---|
| Not present yet | add your own |
Products
| Price USD | Price EUR | Shop | Model | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~xx USD | ~19 Eur | Element14 | Rasp PI - model A | view on element14 |
| ~xx USD | ~26 Eur | Element14 | Rasp PI - model B | view on element14 |
| xx USD | yy Eur | Example | Standard | add your finding |
To anyone that want to contribute:
You can fork this project and add USB thermal printers you have tested to work natively with linux (meaning you can simply "cat example.txt > /dev/usb/lpX" and they print) in the following table!