Comments on: Emailing Typewriter http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/emailing-typewriter Almost two steps ahead of technology Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luke http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/emailing-typewriter/comment-page-1#comment-5568 Luke Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:12:00 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/emailing-typewriter/#comment-5568 You have to wonder how they'll effect the "receive email" function promised. I mean, full marks for getting it to send correctly, but emails only going one way seems kind of pointless. Anyway, I'm kind of figuring some sort of jury-rigged, dedicated laser printer would be best - press a button and it'll check for and print any received emails (and it's a laser printer just because I've found that they need less maintenance than inkjets). Somehow coming up with a motivator to make the typewriter print out emails itself might be possible, but seems like such a pain to do, and you would have to stand there while everything prints out, feeding in pages one by one... You have to wonder how they’ll effect the “receive email” function promised. I mean, full marks for getting it to send correctly, but emails only going one way seems kind of pointless.

Anyway, I’m kind of figuring some sort of jury-rigged, dedicated laser printer would be best – press a button and it’ll check for and print any received emails (and it’s a laser printer just because I’ve found that they need less maintenance than inkjets). Somehow coming up with a motivator to make the typewriter print out emails itself might be possible, but seems like such a pain to do, and you would have to stand there while everything prints out, feeding in pages one by one…

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