This is a useful little gadget, an email printer that works without a PC, the HP Printing Mailbox.

The Printing Mailbox is a great idea for technophobic relatives, it connects to a phone line and periodically checks for new email which when received are printed out automatically. It will only print email from known senders so there’s no need to worry about billions of Viagra or penis enlargement emails being printed out on your Grand Mothers machine.

You can get the HP Printing Mailbox for $149 from Solutions but unfortunately you’ll need to pay a monthly subscription of $9.99 to be able to use it