A dungeon master with a thermal printer

The thermal printer is ubiquitous in today's world, it is found especially whenever we need to get a receipt somewhere. They are cheap, quick and easy to use. Not only that, though, but as [Daniel] found out, they're also pretty simple to reprogram and use for something other than a three-foot-long receipt from a pharmacy. He adapted them to serve as a key tool for the Dungeon Master in his D&D games.

Although it adapted the most common thermal printer standard, the Epson standard code, the real fun of this project is in the user interface. It made it possible to quickly create models and other D&D-oriented sheets via HTML, so the Dungeon Master could print out character sheets, game elements, maps, or whatever he might need at the time- the. Everything is highly configurable as needed, and the interface works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

All the code for the project can be found on Daniel's GitHub page for anyone who wants to try it out. Most thermal printers also use this standard, so inexpensive printers can easily be found and used as long as a roll of thermal paper is available. If the feel of thermal paper conjures up some childhood nostalgia, it might be because you had the Game Boy printer in your youth and are looking for ways to recapture that thermal printer magic. /p>