Tom Groenwoldt
A German independent developer known for self-hosting experiments and creative projects, particularly for connecting a thermal printer to the public internet and allowing users worldwide to send messages directly to it for printing.
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Developer Tom Groenwoldt connected his thermal receipt printer to the public internet on Reddit's r/selfhosted community, inviting strangers to send messages to it.
Anyone who visits the web address provided by the project and enters text can cause the printer located in Germany to print out a slip of paper.
The title of the original Reddit post was 'I put my receipt printer on the internet, send me something.'
The experiment received more than a thousand messages from around the world within a few weeks.
The author has begun framing the received paper slips and has relaunched the service at print.tomgroenwoldt.de.
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Anyone who visits the web address provided by the project and enters text can cause the printer located in Germany to print out a slip of paper.
50%UnverifiedThe title of the original Reddit post was 'I put my receipt printer on the internet, send me something.'
50%UnverifiedThe experiment received more than a thousand messages from around the world within a few weeks.
50%UnverifiedDeveloper Tom Groenwoldt connected his thermal receipt printer to the public internet on Reddit's r/selfhosted community, inviting strangers to send messages to it.
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