Zink - Zero ink/Inkless Printers

This is one of those inventions that might very well turn a big chunk of the IT industry on its head, provided the printer idea actually takes off.

ZINK create printers that do not need any sort of ink when transferring virtual images to paper.

The idea is called “Zero Ink Printing Technology” (ZINK) and is being developed in conjunction with ZINK Paper.

Essentially, when using ZINK Paper, there is no need of ink cartridges or ribbons in order for full-color printing to be carried out.

ZINK® stands for Zero Ink® - an amazing new way to print in full color without the need for ink cartridges or ribbons. ZINK Technology encompasses both the ZINK Paper® and the intelligence embedded in every ZINK-enabled device. ZINK enables a new category of color printing devices and paper that work as a system to print in a whole new way.

Based on advances in chemistry, engineering, physics, image science, and manufacturing, the development of ZINK has generated an IP portfolio that includes over 180 patents and patents pending. At the heart of the technology is ZINK Paper which looks like regular white photo paper before printing. Heat from a ZINK-enabled device activates the color-forming chemistry within the ZINK Paper, forming all the colors of the rainbow. The printing process is now radically simple. Just add ZINK Paper™.

“Over the past six years, ZINK Imaging’s talented team has pioneered a unique technology, along with a very strong business model, and we are excited about expanding our already strong partnership with them in the future.”

This isn’t exactly the sort of high-tech marvel that can use any old piece of paper, but the potential is great regardless, especially if the paper can be mass produced at reasonable cost per page.

There are already some home photo printers and digital cameras with ZINK printers built into them.

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Funfab ABIT Digital Photo Frame, Audio and Photo Printer

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Three functions in a device: a digital photo frame, audio, and photo printers.

Here it is, Digital Photo Frame Printer, FunFab ™ Series P80. Now you can display and print digital photos directly from your memory storage device without a computer. Prepare a memory in your hands! Quite simply turn on your P80 FunFab, all beautiful and memorable photo will be displayed one by one with a slide show, and surrounded with background music as well.

Digital photo frame devices are more and more variety. But what if the digital photo frames can also function as photo-printing machine? The uniqueness of this is presented through innovation FunFab P80 from Abit. Abit? Yes, it turns out the solution 2-in-1 comes from the producer better known as the motherboard maker. With FunFab P80, a collection of photos displayed on this photo frame can also be printed easily, even without the involvement of the PC.

At first glance, it looks like FunFab P80 digital frame mostly with TFT LCD display screen 8 "800x600 pixel resolution. But if you look at the back, looked compartment photo printers that use dye-sub system. Through this compartment, photos printed from the color pigment layer which is "iron" with the heating process. Coating materials and photo paper are terbundel and very easy installation, similar to a model similar tech photo printers.

As a digital photo frame, FunFab P80 manifold also provides card reader SD / MMC, xD, MS and USB Host port and a PictBridge port to connect to gadgets and digital cameras. In addition to reading material photos from the outside, FunFab P80 also has 128MB of internal memory for storing personal photos or photos of your memories. In addition to the left of the screen navigation control, a remote control is also included as a remote control.

In print, this versatile device offers print a 4R photo (postcard) in less than 1 minute. Coating system that produces color prints of 300dpi looks very smooth, thanks to a special coating process makes it comparable to a 4800dpi inkjet printing. The average photo prints still look sharp, unfortunately rather limited number of prints. As supplainya, Abit offers two kinds of options that the contents of the cartridge 72 (C72) for U.S. $ 28 and contents 36 (C36) for U.S. $ 16.

To cultivate creativity of the wearer, Abit added some photo-processing applications such as Print Creations useful for mengkreasi photos into templates provided. Other applications come from ArcSoft Media Impression, Image Printing, and that its quasi-Precious photo to help you deliver results more optimal photo printing. Product combination "pendisplai and printer" FunFab P80 is quite unique, which clearly allows us to put pictures at the same time with an instant print. Unfortunately the price of P80 FunFab terkatrol also rose because of the additional functions.

Features
P80 and P71 includes features:
• Easy to display JPEG photos without a computer
• Insert the SD or MS card to view your photos in FunFab
• The control buttons by FunFab itself or the remote control
• 8 "bright TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 800 pixels x 600 (FunFab P80)
• 128 MB Memory
• Slideshow Displays digital photos with the JPEG format
• Dye Sublimation technology to print images with a resolution of 300 dpi

FunFab Abit P80 Specifications

Type of connection and USB Direct print
Dye-sub printing method
There is a memory slot (MMC, SD, MS / DUO.xD)
Maximum Resolution 300 dpi
Interface USB, cardreader, PictBrigde
2000/XP/XP64/Vista/Mac OS Windows operating system
Max paper size 4x6 inch (4R)
Dimensions (Plt) 21.3 X13, 9X18, 9 cm
Weight 2.4 kg
Electricity consumption (active) 60 watts
Warranty 1 year
Website www.abit.com

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