Friends,
Since I’ve started using thermal printers, I find that it’s much easier to just pick one up, throw some batteries in, and get going. So easy. The only problem with the process has been getting the printed pages in the scanner, proofed, and on the blog. The typing is happening, the scanning and saving with OCR is happening, it’s just the proofing and publishing part that’s lacking. I need a process and this ain’t it.
What’s the answer? It’s what it always has been-—devote a dedicated amount of time to writing and stick to it. Now that I’m able to just type whenever and wherever I like, maybe the dedicated “writing” time becomes dedicated “proofing” time instead. Sounds like a 9:00am thing at the moment. (ahem. more like a 3:00pm thing. -ed) Also, and I’m not thrilled about this, on the Brother EP44 (no hyphen, thank you very much) there’s no alternative typeface available. Even though the EP44 has a greater resolution than the EP-22, they still didn’t see fit to offer a new typeface beyond, “near letter quality.” It’s tough on the eyeballs after a while, but good enough for OCR.
(crafted on 10 December 2025 by) your pal,
– bob