#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM

The BluePill board used for this hack, wired to the DYMO RFID reader, after all the wires for this hack have been soldered onto the BluePill board.

DYMO 550 series printer marketing blurb says “The DYMO® LabelWriter® 550 Turbo label printer comes with unique Automatic Label Recognition™”, which, once translated from marketing-ese, means “this printer has DRM …read more Continue reading #FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM

Celebrating The Infinity Of Pi Day With Thermochromic Foil

Thermal printer with a loop of thermochromic foil inserted in it, printing digits of Pi on the loop.The digits gradually disappear from the foil as it exits the printer.

It might take you some time to understand what’s happening in the video that Hackaday alum [Moritz Sivers] shared with us. This is {Moritz]’s contribution for this year’s Pi Day …read more Continue reading Celebrating The Infinity Of Pi Day With Thermochromic Foil

Mini Wireless Thermal Printers Get Arduino Library (and MacOS App)

[Larry Bank]’s Arduino library to print text and graphics on BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) thermal printers has some excellent features, and makes sending wireless print jobs to a number of …read more Continue reading Mini Wireless Thermal Printers Get Arduino Library (and MacOS App)