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Add a dot matrix-like print head to a desktop printer. Instead of hitting a ribbon to mark the page, however, it strikes the page hard enough to almost puncture the page, creating perforations on the page in whatever shape or line you desire...
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Didn't someone once suggest this using lasers? |
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This is generally available in commercial form. Would it be all that useful for an individual's desktop printer? |
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I would use it all the time, but I am a massive game geek who wants to make counters and such. People buy pre-perforated paper for their printers now, though, and this printer would let you buy plain card stock and alter templates to suit you. I think you could sell it to crafts enthusiasts, to create scrapbook cutouts and stickers... |
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I removed some non-working links on this page. |
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I just came across this when I submitted a nearly identical idea. It would be great for stores that do a lot of their own window decorations with odd shapes (a comet with the stores name cut out of the tail was the actual problem that triggered this). |
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Put the needles in a row at the intake or outlet for the paper, so they can cut across it pretty fast. That way paper can be stored on a roll. Print letter, legal, banner, all from one roll. |
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That option on a printer would be worth several $100 to me. |
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Most impact (dot-matrix, daisy-wheel, belt) printers can do something quite close to this (albeit neither neatly or quickly) by simply printing the perforations and overstriking them alot. For example, print a line of "-" followed by a carriage return rather than a line feed and repeat a few dozen times. An inkjet could do similar by soaking the paper with ink in the perforation area, but it would probably take alot more. |
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Can someone tell me where I can purchase one of these printers? |
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