Where Can You Connect Your Laptop To A Printer While On Tour?.

An option is:
Print to a PDF, take on USB flash drive to an office supply store and get them to print it.

I have a HP printer in a shelf on the mudguard under the table Cost $59 at Officeworks.

Is light and cheap and will get chucked when ink runs out as is cheaper to buy a new printer than buy new cartridges.

Is very light so that isnt an issue

All internet cafe's that I've been to have printers.

Daza I got a Canon printer/scanner MP190 from our old mate Hardly Normal a couple of years ago for $48 to use in the van whilst on the road. Light, stored under the bed in its box, and still have it today. Much better option for convenience mate, than the I-Cafe. I have replaced the black cartridge (don't use the colour) several times for about $38 a go.

Fred

Gday...

I have been in your position. My first solution was to save my document/s to a USB stick and then go to the library in the 'next' town I stayed in and they usually had no problem or issue in printing out the document/s for me - as long as it is not 20 pages or something.

I eventually decided that the better way to go was to buy a Canon printer/photocopier/scanner (cost $120 on special) which I now carry in the large drawer under the dinette seat. I have a 2" piece of foam for it to sit on (to save vibration) and 'stuff' around it to stop it moving side to side.

The printer has now done about 10,000km like that and is still performing with no problem (I hope that mongrel Murphy ain't reading this!).

I have found the scanner and photocopier have been more useful than I had originally thought as well.

Cheers
John

Hi Daza

We don't travel with a printer, and on the rare occasions that we need to print a document, I take it on a USB thumb drive to a public internet access. This is also a lot easier to carry than taking your laptop around town asking who has a public access computer with printer as not all public access computers have printers. In WA we have Community Resource Centres (formerly Telecentres) in most small towns and communities, although in smaller towns they may not be open every day. They are very careful about viruses as computers and internet is their core business. In other states public libraries may offer a similar service, and some have a similar alternative to our Telecentres. However if you need to print a lot of times in would be worth considering taking your own printer as this would save delays as disruptions to your travels.

Motherhen

Hi All
Thank you for your suggestions and information, we picked up a Brother DCP-165C from our stationary supplier this afternoon it's a lot smaller than the ones in the office, it will fit in under the bed in it's carton.

Cheers