{"id":13527,"date":"2015-10-10T16:27:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13527"},"modified":"2015-10-10T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:27:05","slug":"raspberry-pi-photo-booth-using-a-thermal-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13527","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi photo booth using a thermal printer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/frederickvandenbosch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/merged-950x633.jpg?resize=560%2C373\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/frederickvandenbosch.be\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frederick\u00a0Vandenbosch<\/a>\u00a0decided he wanted to make a photo booth. So, he took a thermal printer and connected it up to a\u00a0Raspberry Pi. Then he added the 7&#8243; Raspberry Pi touch screen as a control interface and built a wooden surround for everything. It&#8217;s a very neat set-up and he&#8217;s written it all up as a tutorial with included code. The prints of the photographs are, of course, black and white and low-res, but it&#8217;s a great thing to do if you have the equipment. You can achieve the same result using <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/collections\/new-products\/products\/pipsta-the-little-raspberry-pi-printer-with-big-ideas\" target=\"_blank\">the Pipsta printer<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/frederickvandenbosch.be\/?p=1297\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look at Frederick&#8217;s blog post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederick\u00a0Vandenbosch\u00a0decided he wanted to make a photo booth. So, he took a thermal printer and connected it up to a\u00a0Raspberry Pi. 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