My son has a rather messy personality. He is always careless and is a full-time student. He only goes home on weekends, so he often forgets to bring his homework when he comes back. The teacher was very dissatisfied and talked to him about it. We talked a few times, but as the saying goes, "A situation is easy to change, but a person's nature is hard to change." Although the situation improved after the conversation, occasionally I still forget this and that. Like when I came back this week, I forgot my physics test paper at school again.
How did I solve it in the past? There are two ways, one is to drive him back to school to get it, the other is to call the teacher and ask him to take a photo of the test paper and send it to me, and I will go back to the office or a street printing shop to print it out. No matter which method, A lot of trouble is inevitable.
However, recently I got a more interesting thermal paper printer - Meow Meow Machine Home Learning Printer F1, which can completely solve this problem. If my son forgets to bring his homework on the weekend, he only needs to take a photo of the test paper, and it will automatically recognize the text and print it. The effect is much clearer than printing it directly.
Here I have also summarized a few questions that may be of interest to you. Before reading this article, you may wish to understand them first.
Question 1: What are the advantages and disadvantages of thermal paper printers?
Answer: The advantage is that it does not require ink and toner, and only a roll of paper can be used for printing. The disadvantage is that the shelf life is short.
Question 2: I heard that thermal paper is poisonous. Is this true?
Answer: Toxic thermal papers all contain bisphenol A. The paper used in Meow Meow Machine Home Learning Printer F1 does not contain bisphenol A.
Question 3: There is a printer in the office that can print for free, why do you need to buy such a printer?
Answer: I think this printer is more for emergency use and for tutoring children in learning, because it can be connected to the App to print test papers, and the App also has many past papers built in, so that the teacher can assign them at night or on weekends For homework, there is no need to go back to the office to print.
Question 4: Will the subsequent maintenance costs of thermal paper printers be very high?
Answer: Since it does not require ink and toner, you only need to buy a roll of thermal paper to print, and a roll of thermal paper only costs about ten yuan, so the cost is quite low, about 2 A dime.
Compared with ordinary desktop printers, this printer is smaller in size and uses thermal printing technology, so the later consumable investment and maintenance costs are relatively low.
The dimensions are only 300*160*90mm. It doesn’t take up much space on the desktop at all. For example, I put it next to my 27-inch iMac. You can see that it is similar to the iMac. The size is very different in comparison.
The off-white body design can be easily integrated into the home, and there are few buttons. There is only a power button and two working status indicator lights on the top of the body, which looks very simple.
On the back is the power interface and a USB interface. You can connect it to the computer through the included USB data cable for document printing. However, I have several printers in my office, and I don’t have to pay for the paper myself, so this I mainly use this printer to connect to my mobile phone to print test papers and exercises, so it is not connected to the computer.
There is a paper outlet on the front with a width of 210mm, which is the common A4 paper size. There is no problem printing general test papers and exercises.
Push the cover opening buttons on the left and right sides of the fuselage forward at the same time to open the upper cover and replace the thermal paper. Overall, it is quite simple and does not have the complexity of traditional printers. Add powder problem.
The biggest difference between this printer and traditional printers is that it uses customized thermal paper, which does not require ink cartridges or toner cartridges, so there will be no paper jams or lack of toner. Just change one roll, and even children can operate it.
As for the price of thermal paper, I checked it on the e-commerce platform. It ranges from more than ten yuan to thirty or forty yuan. In addition, it does not require ink, so it can be said that the printing cost is quite low. of.
The steps to add a printer on the mobile phone are very simple. Download the "Meow Meow Machine" App, and then select "Connect/Trial". As long as the printer is turned on, the App will automatically recognize it. At this time, just click " "Connect" will be added successfully.
The main interface of the App has a clear layout, and the tile-style UI is simple and clear. It has document printing, scanning and printing, and picture printing functions, as well as various practice functions such as in-class practice and oral arithmetic practice.
Let’s try picture printing first. The App comes with simple picture editing functions, as well as filters and special effects text, etc. However, since the Meow Meow Machine F1 does not support color printing, the printed pictures are all It's black and white.
Next is the document printing function, which supports document printing from three major instant messaging apps: WeChat, QQ and DingTalk. In the past, when I printed files, I transferred them to WeChat's File Transfer Assistant, and then logged into WeChat on the PC to receive and print. Now I don't have to go through such trouble.
Now I just need to open the file I want to print directly on the App, then select "Open with other apps", and then select "Meow Meow Machine" in "More" to see the printing interface. , and you can also choose the number of copies and the print range. Although there are not many options, it is very practical. Various common office software formats such as PDF, WPS, Word, Excel and PPT can be supported.
The built-in learning resources in the app are very rich, including real test papers, oral arithmetic exercises, Chinese and foreign language learning, etc., so you don’t have to worry about looking for test questions everywhere.
In addition to being used by children, we adults can also use it. For example, in the app’s built-in material library, there are dozens of templates including lists, schedules, notebooks, calligraphy paper, etc., which can be printed out. It can be used directly, saving a lot of time in making forms.
If you still think that the above is childish and cannot reflect the difference between the Meow Meow F1 and ordinary home printers, then the next step is "scanning and printing".
It just so happened that my son forgot to bring the physics test paper home this week, so I asked the teacher to take a photo of the test paper with his mobile phone and send it to me via WeChat. Then I opened it in the Meow Meow Machine App, and the system automatically Recognize the text in the test paper and generate an electronic file.
It is worth mentioning that the App will also remove the answers from the filled-in test papers and generate a blank test paper. It can also identify all the questions and provide a variety of problem-solving ideas. With the standard answers, I don’t have to worry about my son’s homework being unable to be helped by me.
The above is a real shot of the printing effect. You can see that it is not much different from a printer costing several thousand yuan. Moreover, the writing on the paper is relatively smooth, and the ink will not rub off when you touch it with your hand.
Summary:
On the whole, the user experience of this Meow Meow machine home learning printer F1 is still very good. The printing operation is relatively simple, and the printed test papers look good. It is very clear. It has a rich built-in library of exercises and resource templates. The function of scanning test papers and printing is very powerful. In addition to automatically removing handwriting, it can also automatically match standard answers. It can be said that in addition to being a printer, it is also a good helper for children's learning. . In addition, the low cost of printing on just one roll of paper without the need for toner and ink is also one of its advantages. I don’t think it competes with traditional printers, but rather complements each other. Materials that need to be preserved for a long time can be printed with traditional printers, while temporary emergencies, study materials, etc. can be printed by it, which is perfect.