Printer has no ink!

ONE of the big hits at this year’s Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas was Polaroid’s new digital printer that uses zero INK.
That’s why they called it Zink. The pocket-sized printer produces snapshots in seconds.
And, if these new printers take off, you might never have to shell out for printer ink again. It’ll just be the paper that sets you back.
The technology works by using heat to bring out dyes embedded in the printing paper which has three layers of colour—yellow, magenta and cyan. The picture comes to life as the paper passes under the thermal print head.
The tiny printer, expected to cost around £60, is only as big as an iPod. The makers call it son of Polaroid. Zink Imaging also plans to make a £100 digital camera with the printer built into it—a bit like the Daddy of Polaroid (the Instamatic).
It will take photos in the same way the old-style cameras did, giving instant prints on the spot.
But they’re bone dry when they come out and you don’t have to wait for them to develop (wasn’t that half the fun?).
Expect to see them in the shops later in the year. See www.polaroid.com/onthego/ See a demo of the the printer in the extended post.

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