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Print Messages On Your Beer

Posted by kdawson on from the for-its-own-sweet-sake dept.

Migraineman writes "I stumbled upon a clever hack by Sprite. He reverse-engineered the pin functions on an HP inkjet cartridge and built a simple driver board that converts the cartridge into a hand-held inkjet printer. The driver board is programmed with a fixed message. Moving the 'print head' is your responsibility. Printing messages on a whiteboard was the original inspiration, but printing messages on the foam head of a Guinness is just inspired."

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  1. Nooooo! by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know Homeland Security is gonna find a way to use this on our foreheads. It MUST be stopped now!

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    1. Re:Nooooo! by Goaway · · Score: 5, Funny

      You understand Slashdot better than any person should have to.

    2. Re:Nooooo! by btlzu2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      i was gonna scream "noooo!" because the web site said you could possibly ruin a pint of guinness...which i consider to be a federal offense!

      homeland security? not as important as a pint. :D

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    3. Re:Nooooo! by enharmonix · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know Homeland Security is gonna find a way to use this on our foreheads. It MUST be stopped now! You mean we can print messages on beer and foreheads? Brilliant!
    4. Re:Nooooo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      It shouldn't just be a federal offense, it should be a hangin' offense.

      An alternative punishment might be forcing those who ruin a good pint of Guinness to drink Bud Light for the rest of their lives (though I think most people would opt to take death).

    5. Re:Nooooo! by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

      You mean we can print messages on beer and foreheads? Brilliant!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQLdnyegA8

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    6. Re:Nooooo! by orkysoft · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apply directly to the forehead!
      Apply directly to the forehead!
      Apply directly to the forehead!

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    7. Re:Nooooo! by d474 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apply directly to the beer head.
      Apply directly to the beer head.
      Apply directly to the beer head.

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  2. Seeing as people already use beer ... by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... to print messages in snow, I guess this is reverse-enginnering at its finest.

  3. Join the Pen 15 club now! by master_kaos · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even more ways to stamp "Pen15" on your buddies forehead at school!

    1. Re:Join the Pen 15 club now! by Mad_Rain · · Score: 4, Funny

      Writing on someone's forehead, huh? You might find a useful writing implement at Pen Island

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  4. Terrorism by gravesb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why are the politicians wasting time trying to stop terrorists and piracy when they should be protecting valuable beer! That is true terrorism!

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  5. Alcohol abuse! by hellfire · · Score: 3, Funny

    printing messages on the foam head of a Guinness is just inspired.

    And also a waste of a very good beer. Vandalism should not be encouraged!

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    1. Re:Alcohol abuse! by gangien · · Score: 1, Funny

      nah, it's not a waste of good beer, it's Guinness.

  6. Re:Obligatory Keats reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obligatory Keats reference? On Slashdot? Do you know what most of these people are like?! Oh well... I for one welcome our new dubiously-relevant-Keats-epitaph-quoting overlords! (See what I did there?)

  7. Re:Guinness Wastage! by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which is why we should restrict it to writing on Miller Lite, it's already toxic. Hell, the ink might make it drinkable.

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  8. Re:Technically Guinness stout not beer. by MicrosoftRepresentit · · Score: 0, Funny

    Technically Guinness is undrinkable shitwater not stout.

  9. A Guinness Story by rumblin'rabbit · · Score: 4, Funny
    Let's see, take cartridge, move over foam...
    b-e-s-u-r-e-t-o-d-r-i-n-k-y-o-u-r-o-v-a-l-t-i-n-e
    Doh!
  10. Re:Guinness Wastage! by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe it'd be okay if they fill up the ink cartridge with Guiness?

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  11. Practical uses? Let's start with... by Duggeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    BEST IF CONSUMED BY 5:30 PM

    For those blokes who just don't know when to stop yappin' and drink their pint.

    OR...

    CERTIFIED OWL-FREE GUINNESS

    If there's one thing I can't stand, it's an owl in my beer.

    OR... better still...

    BRILLIANT!
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  12. Re:Guinness Wastage! by Hortense+Yaya · · Score: 2, Funny

    I drink, therefore I am. -Descartes as quoted by Bruce

  13. Re:Ink Research! by 6Yankee · · Score: 2, Funny

    his next step has to be to find an edible ink

    I would hope that the naff "your photo on a cake" service at my local supermarket has already cracked this...

  14. Obviously, his printer was rendered unusable... by soren42 · · Score: 4, Funny


    This is a really cool idea, and, as a computer engineer, I see the geek-cred the author earned in creating it...

    But, obviously, this was his only printer, as evidenced by the poorly-drawn pencil sketch circuit diagram, this must have been his only printer!

    All in the name science... or at least, all in the name screwing around with science! ^_^

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