PrintyPenny
Free printing for anyone, anywhere.
In Development
A missing printer should never stand between someone and the page they need — a job application, a benefits form, a boarding pass at 5am. PrintyPenny lets anyone print at a printer near them, free, with the owner's blessing.
What it is
A free, install-light way to turn any idle printer into a printer a trusted neighbor can reach. You share your printer with people you choose; they print to it from any app, from anywhere; you approve each job — or hand out standing access on your own terms. The paper appears where it's needed; nobody has to be in the same room, or even the same country.
How it works
Three people, three places, one page. The sender shares a document. The owner approves it — from across town or across the world. The printer prints it, where someone can pick it up. Approval is remote and asynchronous; only the paper is local, which is the entire point of making something physical.
The owner stays in control
Access only flows one way: the owner hands it out. There's no "request to print" button that pings your phone — like a LinkedIn invite, requests wait quietly in a list you check when you want, so they can't spam you. The owner sets how often, how many pages, and whether to suggest a small donation that covers the ink. Free is the default; the donation is a thank-you, never a charge.
Kindness, on the record
After every print, both people leave a quick rating. That reputation rolls up into your Eidos Community profile — a portable record of how you show up for other people. The reward for generosity isn't money. It's standing that employers and collaborators can see, the way GitHub stars and Yelp Elite already work.
A nonprofit community project
PrintyPenny is free, almost never charges, and gives any profit to charity. It's the first project under Eidos Community — built on the belief that some of the most important problems have no profitable solution, and are worth solving anyway.
We're seeding the first communities now — libraries, shops, and generous neighbors.