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#DYMO STAMPS HACK UPDATE#
#DYMO STAMPS HACK MANUAL#

🧬 iterations: a log of development so far.

🛠️ do it yourself: a super detailed guide for you to buy the parts and make your own E-TKT.

⚙️ how does it work?: a more in depth explanation.

What you fill find there (most of the things are mirrored from whats already here in the Hackaday page): Inspired by Voron, I've adopted Just the Docs, a solution based on Jekyll that automatically builds pages based on GitHub repositories.Ĭlick here to access the new documentation page. The E-TKT's GitHub page was getting too long and I felt that moving for a dedicated web page would be great. The past weeks have been super intense, and much of that thanks to the detailed documentation that I've been consolidating.

REACH: this is a cheap mass-produced device, meaning that lots of people around the world might have one at home or work.

ERGONOMICS: when there is no other way than using embossed labels, making them manually is a straining process that might give the operator repetitive strain injury.

NICHE NEEDS: there are situations where a paper, flat and/or thermally printed label doesn’t fit the needs, let alone the need for the embossed relief.

CULTURE: embossed labels are deeply ingrained in culture, as well pointed by Dan Maloney ( HACKADAY), spacestationkru ( reddit) and agent_kater ( reddit).

ACCESSIBILITY: braille labels are only a step of distance for a possible future spin off.…why bother mixing an archaic printing method with current automation and connectivity features? Because why not? It was a technological blind spot ready to be explored! So I thought: can I build over its principles to create a functional device? If so, then why not make it physical-digital? Also, these new models use expensive DRM proprietary cartridges that create a lot of trash after use, not to mention that some other recent models are DRM protected.Īfter all, even though the pressing mechanism was poorly made, the daisy wheel was pretty sturdy and sharp-printing. I tried to fix and reinforce it, but the failure was unavoidable because there seems to be a critical flaw in the project: it is too weak for the lateral force imposed.Īt that moment, I could easily buy a brand-new electronic thermal label printer ( such as this Brother model), but something about the vintage embossed finish fascinated me. This little plastic hook (circled in red) grabs a ratchet mechanism (the white plastic part below) to feed the tape forward. Instead of embossing, it was really embarrassing labels 😅 Just to imagine something made in another part of the world, travelling to me and breaking this way is unbelieavable. I was VERY UPSET when I noticed that it was basically rubbish, getting broken and unusable after just a few operations.

#DYMO STAMPS HACK MANUAL#

The initial spark for this project came from an ordinary manual labeling device that I bought to organize my workshop. 🤔 why? TLDR: curiosity, technical challenge and of course organizing stuff. It’s curious how both meanings are a consequence of each other: we name things around to state and reinforce what they are or should be, and at the same time, we end up influencing our own behaviors mediated by these labels. 🧐 what? étiquette f (plural étiquettes) “ticket, memorandum, attach, stick, pierce, sting, to be sharp, goad, puncture, attach, nail” 🤓 about E-TKT By combining simple and widely-available embossing tapes in a reliable mechanism with modern connectivity, E-TKT rescues a would-be future that did not happen, and at the same time gets rid of the dependence on proprietary cartridges, which are environmentally impacting & expensive.

HACKADAY “DIY AUTOMATED PRINTER KERCHUNKS OUT CLASSIC EMBOSSED LABELS”.

Hacksterio “E-TKT Prints Embossed Labels with the Power of IoT”īy Arduino “having11” Guy - June 17, 2022.

Make: “Old School Label Making, New School Interface”.

#DYMO STAMPS HACK UPDATE#

Digi-Key Maker Update (project of the week) - “Ep.289 - Stamp of approval”.📺 media E-TKT has already been featured in several places: