diff --git a/printer.py b/printer.py
index fe84b09..3dc2fa6 100755
--- a/printer.py
+++ b/printer.py
@@ -171,13 +171,22 @@ class StreamListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
             self.seen_tweets.add(rt.id)
             rt_text = rt.extended_tweet["full_text"] if rt.truncated else rt.text
             rt_text = html.unescape(rt_text)
-            #print("[{}] New retweet by @{}:".format(self.title, status.user.screen_name))
-            #print("@{}: {}".format(rt.user.screen_name, rt_text))
             header = format_header(status.user.screen_name, status.user.name, status.created_at, is_rt=True)
             rt_header = format_header(rt.user.screen_name, rt.user.name, rt.created_at)
             print(header)
             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.")
         return True
 
     def on_error(self, status_code):