diff --git a/printer.py b/printer.py
index 28f2eb9..4fda241 100755
--- a/printer.py
+++ b/printer.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import datetime
 import html
 import logging
 import sys
+import textwrap
 
 import toml
 import tweepy
@@ -131,6 +132,27 @@ class StreamListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
         self.ignore_rt = ignore_rt
         self.printer = printer
 
+    @classmethod
+    def split_and_encode_text(cls, text, extra_lines=[]):
+        lines = extra_lines
+        for line in text.splitlines(True):
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            if stripped:
+                lines += textwrap.wrap(stripped, printer_line_width)
+            else:
+                lines.append(stripped)
+        return [line.encode("latin-1") for line in lines]
+
+    def print_tweet(self, text, headers):
+        try:
+            encoded_lines = self.split_and_encode_text(text, headers)
+            for line in encoded_lines:
+                self.printer.write(line)
+            self.printer.write("", False, True)
+            self.printer.flush()
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            print("Can't print. Encoding issue.")
+
     def on_status(self, status):
 
         if status.id in self.seen_tweets:
@@ -152,14 +174,7 @@ class StreamListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
             print(header)
             print(text)
             if self.printer:
-                try:
-                    encoded_header = header.encode("latin-1")
-                    encoded_text = text.encode("latin-1")
-                    self.printer.write(encoded_header)
-                    self.printer.write(encoded_text, True, True)
-                    self.printer.flush()
-                except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                    print("Can't print. Encoding issue.")
+                self.print_tweet(text, [header])
         else:
             if self.ignore_rt:
                 #print("******** Ignoring Retweet")
@@ -177,16 +192,7 @@ class StreamListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
             print(rt_header)
             print(rt_text)
             if self.printer:
-                try:
-                    encoded_header = header.encode("latin-1")
-                    encoded_rt_header = rt_header.encode("latin-1")
-                    encoded_rt_text = rt_text.encode("latin-1")
-                    self.printer.write(encoded_header)
-                    self.printer.write(encoded_rt_header)
-                    self.printer.write(encoded_rt_text, True, True)
-                    self.printer.flush()
-                except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                    print("Can't print. Encoding issue.")
+                self.print_tweet(rt_text, [header, rt_header])
         return True
 
     def on_error(self, status_code):