External control for battery voltage divider

[monte-monte]

Did you think about adding small external MCU to switch voltage divider on/off and separate it from motor controls?
I've just bought one of this printers and was looking for a way to get rid of that blank piece of tape at the beginning of the label. And then I found your github page :)
Have you made any progress with this? Should I try to find my own solution, or maybe this is not worth the time?

[furrtek]

The blank tape was the reason I wanted to hack mine, but the idea fell flat when I realized the blank length of tape can't really be avoided: it's the length between the printhead and the cutter blade.
The only "solution" is to plan ahead and chain print as many labels as possible...

[monte-monte]

I've completely missed this point! And I've already opened my printer and took one of my Attiny's to make a hack.
Thanks that you answered so soon and spared several hours of useless work :)