Anonymous Receipt Printer Project Goes Viral Using Raspberry Pi and Cloudflare
An innovative project by developer Andrew Schmelyun enables strangers to send anonymous messages that print directly on a receipt printer via a Raspberry Pi 4. The system uses Docker containers and Cloudflare tunnels to route web traffic to a locally hosted site. According to reports, the printer has received everything from fake food orders to geographic coordinates and ASCII art.
Anonymous Message System Prints Directly to Receipt Paper
A developer has created a novel communication system where anonymous online messages print directly to a physical receipt printer, sources indicate. Andrew Schmelyun’s project uses a Raspberry Pi 4 to host a website that accepts public submissions and outputs them on thermal paper complete with timestamps. The setup represents an unusual intersection of web technology and physical computing that has attracted widespread attention.