• Almrond@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    You will probably be best served with an industrial label printer, I used one while working in a grocery store to make tags. They come in toner varieties, so no thermal paper issues, and they are made to be portable. That being said, they are not at all cheap or simple. You are wanting to look into two companies, Zebra and Symbol, specifically at their mobile printers.

    https://www.zebra.com/us/en/products/printers/mobile.html?page=1

    To be fair, what you are asking for is nigh impossible without going thermal, and the reason can be summed up by one question: Where do you plan on putting the ink?

  • Boozilla@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    19·
    4 days ago

    The Brother PocketJet series of printers might have a model you like. I have never used one of the PJ printers, but I’ve had good experiences with other Brother printers.

    • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      301·
      4 days ago

      Just fyi those are thermal printers, so you’ll have to buy the right paper that has the ink inside (like receipts). Small and portable is a perfect application of thermal printing, as long as don’t need higher resolution for photos

      • AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        4 days ago

        Altough termal prints seem to fade over time, it seems that his use case is to add images to his notebooks. So i don’t think that would be a good idea unless the plan is to throw it away at the end of the course

        • Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          4 days ago

          Make a book of notes from a variety of sources, lectures and references just in time for it all to fade right before the semester exams.

    • Allah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      123·
      4 days ago

      integrate it into a laptop so that i can print my notes and add it to my note book where i take handwritten notes (it’s size is also A3) while i am at work or class

  • loie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    4 days ago

    Every printer I can find is either formatted for A4/USA Letter, or little photo printers that probably require proprietary software which I doubt would work with regular text. I know some of those even require proprietary photo paper modules, which is why I gave up and never bought one.

    I had a Canon ip100 years ago, I can recommend it and they still make a newer one, but it looks waaay bigger than your target size. Good luck

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    81·
    4 days ago

    Just to be sure that this isn’t driven by misunderstanding, do you specifically require a smaller printer, or do you simply want to be able to print on A5 paper? Are you sure that a mini printer that can print on US Letter or A4 can’t print on A5?

    I haven’t used a mini printer, but I think that all of the traditional printers that I’ve used can handle smaller paper – the paper size is just a maximum that the feed system can handle. I’d assume that getting a larger-format mini printer will probably also be capable of doing A5.