Has anyone heard of a laptop printer that plugs into a cigarette lighter directly?

[jyates]

Looking for a lead on a laptop printer that will plug directly into
a cigarette lighter instead of having to use an inverter.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[MDE]

Good luck, I've never even seen anything remotely close.

 

[corkyg]

That would be a printer that runs only on 12 VDC - never heard of one. Most printers have motors that require A/C, and in a D/C environment, an inverter would be required. Have you googled for a DC Printer?

 

[jyates]

Googled and ebayed and nothing......I think it's a lost cause....I told the fellow I had
never heard of a DC laptop printer but there's a lot of stuff out there that I've never
heard about.

 

[corkyg]

OK - consider a bettery powered printer. They do exist, and that could be run with a converter as opposed to an inverter.

Battery

 

[jyates]

True.......but not what the guy wanted.......I know wanting and getting is 2 different things.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: jyates
True.......but not what the guy wanted.......I know wanting and getting is 2 different things.

Follow the logic. A battery powered printer has a battery charger/adapter - much like a laptop. That may be able to be run/recharged via a ciragette lighter plug-converter.
Sometimes an indirect approach will achieve the same desired results.

 

[niggles]

just buy an inverter, probably about $10 us and plug it into your lighter, then the printer into the inverter.

 

[applesseed]

PentaxTech's portable printer can be powered by cigarette lighter directly. Just purchase their printer and buy the car adapter

If you own a Canon i70 or i80 printer: site - I don't know if it's legit (I can't find it at CanonUSA.com

If I were you, I'd just buy a converter like this from Radioshack, Catalog #22-144