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Ask HN: What would you use a Print API for?

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I haven't seen any good API's for printing - on paper, that is.

With the Front-Page launch of Pantastic (http://www.pantastic.co), I wonder: what would other developers would do with access to a professional printer (via an API)?

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- Personal Cards (hallmark just isn't doing it for me these days) - B2C - Appointment Cards, Thank you cards (clients) - with link to review product or some unique code - Party/Event invitations -> Mail is so retro - imagine getting invited to a party with a qr code or short URL to "confirm" - built a tool to send personalized invitations and/or thank you notes - Networkers - I would LOVE to be able to snap a pic, have the person in my CRM and/or their business card and send a great meeting you letter with the pic of us on the front. Fastest way to make an impression - Worst case have a tool/api that emails the customer saying - John wants to send you something - please fill out a mailable address, etc. - A bit sketchy but kinda cool!

All great ideas - perfect use case for a flexible api

Would anybody be seriously interested in this? I'm currently writing code for a printshop that does fine-art reproductions of various size on paper, canvas, and stretched canvas.

We're somewhat under our print capacity and I could easily justify the time building an API on next to our shopping cart and fulfillment backend if anybody has genuine demand for on-demand high quality prints and reproductions.

Shoot me a message: collintmiller@gmail.com if you'd use the api.

I'll be using http://uk.moo.com/api/ to let customers print out quick-access cards for a SAAS product.

Nice, but seems too limited and poorly documented for me personally.

I intend to use Pwinty.com for offering reprints from my photo booth. Just haven't had the time to put it all together yet.

This looks like a great solution, thanks for the share!

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