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printstik portable printer: print travel documents, the report you forgot, or that really funny text message

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I sure as hell won’t find any use for this but maybe you would: The Printstik PS910 ME from PLANon is an ultra-compact (1″ x 10.75″ x 1.5″) rechargeable printer that can sync with your computer or smartphone via USB or Bluetooth, allowing you to print anything – emails, web pages, documents, boarding passes –…

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September 21st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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hp photosmart printer has its own app store: print-a-fart apps anyone?

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HP recently introduced their latest printer called Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web (henceforth called PSPWTSW), a name which if stripped of marketing speak actually reveals the printer’s capabilities: it’s a photo printer (actually it’s an all-in-one) with a 4.33″ touchscreen, and it can connect to the web via WiFi. What the name doesn’t tell you…

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June 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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ply phone stacks a whole world of gadgets into one device

Ply Phone KDDI

The Ply concept phone has so many features stacked into its wooden shell that I had to read about it twice to fully grasp its awesomeness. Each layer holds a gadget with a distinct function, including a phone, game controller, photo printer, and projector (among other things). Zowie!

It’s designed by Hideo Kanbara. If I…

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August 21st, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

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ping pong printer produces perfect projectiles

Ping Pong Ball Printer

Why print on boring old paper, when you can get your message across on some nice bouncy ping pong balls? The appropriately named PingPongPrinter can print dot-matrix messages directly onto the spherical surface of ping pong balls.

Builders Vern Graner and Rick Abbott of The Robot Group used a Parallax inkjet print head kit and…

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February 8th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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electronic paper could have worked like this

Electronic Newsboy

For those of you out there who aren’t big fans of electronic paper devices like the Amazon Kindle and Sony’s e-Reader, just be thankful that we didn’t end up in an alternative universe where this was the way you’d receive your daily newspaper.

The guys over at Modern Mechanix dug up this priceless gem of…

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December 26th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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hp photosmart a826 photo printer: mork calling orson

HP Photosmart A826

This odd-looking photo printer from HP has a style that you’ll either love or hate. Reminiscent in some ways of the original egg-shaped iMac models from the late 1990s, the Photosmart A826 printer looks a bit like something out of an old science fiction movie.

While its design might be a bit outlandish, functionally, it’s…

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October 21st, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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memjet confirmed: get ready for superfast printing

Memjet Printing Technology

The other day, I reported on a suspicious, but promising new technology that claimed to print up to 60 pages per minute. Well I’m happy to inform you that Memjet technology is for real.

This new technology, developed by Silverbrook Research, will enable ridiculously fast desktop inkjet printers and could totally revolutionize the printing industry.…

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March 20th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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printer claims 60 pages per minute

Memjet High Speed Inkjet Printer

A company that has spent the last thirteen years researching inkjet printing technologies (yet never released a product) claims they have developed a technology which will allow desktop printers to print at ridiculously fast speeds.
Australia’s Silverbrook Research has circulated a video of the prototype device in action, churning out pages at an astounding thirty…

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March 19th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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zink: color printing without ink

Zink Portable Printer

While most conventional printers use ink, toner or wax to print, these new portable printers from Zink will print full color images without applying any substance to the surface of the paper.

Instead of ink or toner, Zink’s compact printers will use a special paper, embedded with color dye crystals that are activated when heat…

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January 30th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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brother mprint: a practical portable printer

If you’re in the market for a compact printer that you can throw in your briefcase, look no further than the new Brother Mprint MW-260.
The compact black and white printer can print up to 20PPM and measures just 6.3″ x 8.3″ x 0.7″, just barely larger than a sheet of letter-sized paper folded in…

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December 27th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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world’s smallest color laser printer

Samsung CLP-300 Color Laser Printer

Samsung’s upcoming CLP-300 and CLP-300N claim to be the world’s smallest and lightest color laser printers.

The printers measure just 15.4″ W x 13.5″ D x 10.4″ H and weigh less than 30 lbs each. They feature a unique toner system which minimizes the size of the printer as well as cutting down on the…

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October 19th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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epson shows off new industrial design for portable printers

Epson Portale Printer Designed by Industrial Facility.

Epson Japan and design firm Industrial Facility have completed a collaboration to rethink the design of portable color printers and the result is quite striking.

These new portable printers feature an integrated carrying handle and can run on batteries. The lid was designed to function as both a protective cover and a paper tray, and…

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October 1st, 2006 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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