ZINK: Printing Without Ink
by Justin Thomas, Virginia on 02.28.07
A company called ZINK recently demonstrated a new way of printing that does not require ink (see video). Unlike the existing technologies that use thermal printheads to transfer color to paper, the new media has the color embedded in it, in the form of dye crystals that are clear at room temperature. The paper is fairly affordable, at 20 to 25 cents for a 2 x 3 inch sheet. The eco-efficient aspect of this technology is that it eliminates wasteful ink packaging and discarded ink cartridges. ZINK says the paper is non-toxic and "recyclable". The company claims it can make ultraportable printers that can fit in a human hand or be integrated into digital cameras and cell phones.
ZINK has plans for two products by the end of the year: a stand-alone portable printer and a printer integrated into a digital camera, both producing two-by-three-inch pictures. While the printer can be designed into tiny gadgets, it can also be integrated into larger electronics, and Herchen expects that within the next few years the printing technology could also show up in computer towers, laptop computers, and even home television sets.
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Why print things in the first place? The age where anyone is away from a computer or screen capable of displaying photographs is quickly coming to a close, and digitally storing photos requires less space and material than storing them on dead trees.
and what about that paper?
I prefer to not print my pictures either, but at family reunions 80 year olds look at you funny when you ask for their e-mail or give them a potobucket link.
My question would be how well does this ink hold up, can I print a pic and give it to granny and not have it fade in a year, if so then I'm interested since there are those few times when I do need to print something. And before someone says it, there is not a photo printing place in the same county where my parents live and we have those reunions on the farm.
2"x3" is hardly big enough to be worth printing.
hi can someone send me all informayion about zink printerwithout ink please or the presentation coz i need it thank you