h a l f b a k e r yI CAN HAZ CROISSANTZ?
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Joe stared at his monitor for a moment, then quietly pressed 'Print'. He watched as the document quickly compiled itself, and set off for the printer.
Milliseconds later, the printer came to life, anxious to fulfill its master's wish. Through the midst of gears and rollers, Joe could distinctly
make out the old familiar sound of a dot-matrix printer.
But this was an inkjet printer. It created images from a reservoir of ink; it had no ribbon at all. The sound Joe heard was that of his document cutting itself out. The pins of the dot-matrix printing head had been sharpened to a point, allowing them to pierce through the document, creating thousands of tiny holes.
These holes had been carefully scribed around the perimeter of the shapes, causing it to create a perforated outline. The printer finished and happily gave up its document. Joe took it and carefully tore out the shapes, the tear following the precisely machined line of least resistance, freeing the shapes from the rest of the paper.
SummaCut D60 desktop cutter
http://www.summasto...d3125a2ebcac772640d
Has a pounce kit perf option available. [bristolz, Dec 28 2004]
VersaLaser
http://versalaser.com/english/index.html
Laser cutting system for sheet stock. $10K and up. [bristolz, Dec 28 2004]
GCC Cutting Plotter
http://www.gccworld..._cutter_jaguar.html
Cuts all kinds of thin stuff from mask film to metalized stock. [bristolz, Dec 28 2004]
CraftRobo
http://www.graphtec...raftrobo/about.html
Probably the closest thing to what this idea describes. I have ordered one (they're not yet shipping in the US) and will let you know what it's like. [bristolz, Jan 05 2006]
Sorta/kinda
Dot_20Matrix_20Cookie_20Cutter
[Giblet, Jan 06 2006]
[link]
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You know, with all the competition in the computer printer business, I'm surprised someone hasn't done this yet! Nice one. Welcome to the bakery. |
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These exist in virtually every sign shop in the U.S. They usually cut adhesive-backed vinyl stock and use knives instead of a pin matrix head. Pounce systems, also used in sign shops, do cut perfs and *may* use a pin-head. |
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And desktop laser cutters exist in many architect's offices that can cut up to .25 inch foam board and myriad other substances. Substantial cost though. |
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has anyone implemented this on a standard desktop LASER printer ? I'm really only thinking it would be handy to be able to cut straight lines (rather than holes) e.g. to create name badges. |
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A STANDARD laser printer? How would that work? |
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Or do you mean like the VersaLaser? (link) |
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I was thinking of something a lot less hard core, and less flexible than the VersaLaser. Just something which fits just before the paper is output (either) cutting the paper along it's length and/or along its widths. |
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I thought a cutting printer would be one which shreds highly sensitive documents as they're printed. |
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Maybe instead of perforating the edges of the shape,
the surrounding blank paper could be colored
completely with a paper eating acid. The acid would
then run off the paper and back into the printer,
get any papery remains cleaned out and reused.
It would be nice to hear, along with the other
common printer sounds, a sizzling sound as the paper
was disintegrated. "weee! kachung, va vuu va vuu...
ssssssssssssss." |
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I think that the fact that this can already be bought under the guise of "laser cutters" from a company called "HLlaser" would pretty wel put this one to rest. Then I saw the VersaLaser link. Really not a novel idea, just still very expensive. |
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//paper eating acid.// now that is a great idea! It needn't
be a very violent acid, just something that would slowly
degrade the paper. Then, a special ink cartridge could be
used in a regular inkjet printer. If there's no easy way to
dissolve regular paper, the manufacturer could provide the
"etching ink" and also a special "etchable" paper. Yes. |
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Maybe we could make a cheaper version by combining a laser printer with an ant farm full of leaf-cutter ants. |
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I thought the laser version might hole the paper up in a frame and them beam a high power laser cutter from a swivelling laser, to slice the outline. Do not position in front of a mirror. |
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Yeah but do they work on paper? I didn't want to bring it up if they only work on vinyl. |
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