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A printer, powered from the power takeoff of a large
truck, using diesel particulates as toner and exhaust
heat to power the fuser unit.
For coloured inks just scrape some of the dust off the
wheelrims, or chlorophyll from leaves and dry it.
Cyanoanthins will give you blue, ochres red and
yellow.
Print billboards, signs and information booklets
wherever your vehicle can reach.
reminds me....
http://www.youtube....watch?v=USSTy_9lAXw
[Madai, Feb 04 2013]
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Ha - Combat Printer. For those times when you absolutely, positively have to print a document for every m*ther-f*cker in the room. |
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You're onto it [zt]. 16 tons, 450 rated horsepower, 5
miles to the gallon. |
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Thinking of giant flower posters, in my backyard. + |
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You'd be surprised how close that is to the truth, [blissy].
The inspiration for this one is a real world idea I dreamed
up a while ago. |
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Instead of paper, it has a woodchipper for input. |
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[+] Hitch-hikers make them as they change their destinations along the roadside. |
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Perhaps, [Rayf], it could print on chipboard that it makes
as it goes. A mulcher, dryer, bleaching and hydraulic
press process could make it possible. |
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I've lost it, but I once saw a military field printer on eBay. It was big, green, and hardened against EMP. |
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Not sure why you'd be selling such a thing on eBay, unless
you'd stolen it. |
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The printer i flung into the pantry in a fit of pique when i realised Epson was lying about how long their cartridges lasted worked fine afterwards according to the people i gave it away to. Maybe that was ruggedised. |
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The problem is that you paid money for an Epson printer. |
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