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Zuta Labs has made a tiny portable printer
Posted on April 13, 2014 by kflack
Zuta Labs Ltd has designed a tiny mobile printer that was inspired by the idea of helping the print-head escape from of its chassis prison walls and then drive off to freedom in a mini robot. The team behind the printer also wondered why other devices have become more mobile over the last decade yet printers have remained entrenched in a left-right-left-right framework that limited their both output size and portability
The Mini Mobile Robotic Printer by Zuta Labs is a Kickstarter project which has already surpassed the halfway mark of its US$400,000 crowdfunding goal in a single day. At the time of writing there are still $180 pledges available to secure a device (in black). Following an initial mass production run it is estimated that printers will be despatched to backers by January 2015.
You use the printer by placing it ‘pointing’ at the top left of your page and it roams around laying ink down appropriately, propelled by its omni-wheel. The device takes data in via Bluetooth from your computer (mobile apps are also in development). Looking at the prototype it didn’t seem very quick and the team behind it quote a dawdling output speed of 1.2 pages per minute. With the device still in development and getting custom specially made components this might well improve.
Mini Mobile Robotic Printer tech specs:
- Physical dimensions and weight: 10 centimetres high and 11.5 centimetres in diameter and will weigh about 300g.
- Materials: cover made from Polycarbonate.
- Media sizes: any standard size.
- Print Speed: 1.2 ppm (estimated according to the prototype specs).
- Print Quality: currently the prototype can reach up to 96×192 dpi, the final product will have higher resolution.
- Ink Cartridge Configuration: one black cartridge, over 1,000 page capacity.
- Interface: Bluetooth, Bluetooth BPP, 1 x Micro USB.
- Battery: Lithium Polymer, Run Time (Up to) 1 hour, Charge Time of 3 hours.
- Supported Os: Android, iOS, Linux, OSX, and Windows.
With its comparatively light weight and ‘pocket’ size it is thought that this portable device will be a favourite among mobile workers who often find it a struggle to print stuff out away from their base. Its rechargeable battery puts in a decent 1 hour of use which should provide over 60 pages on the go – when and where it is required. It will be interesting to see if the output resolution does increase in the final shipping product, as promised and if there will be any speed increases.
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Posted on April 5, 2014 by kflack
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Instant Inkjet Circuits
Posted on November 19, 2013 by kflack
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2493486
ABSTRACT
This paper introduces a low cost, fast and accessible technology
to support the rapid prototyping of functional electronic
devices. Central to this approach of ‘instant inkjet circuits’
is the ability to print highly conductive traces and patterns
onto flexible substrates such as paper and plastic films
cheaply and quickly. In addition to providing an alternative to
breadboarding and conventional printed circuits, we demonstrate
how this technique readily supports large area sensors
and high frequency applications such as antennas. Unlike existing
methods for printing conductive patterns, conductivity
emerges within a few seconds without the need for special
equipment. We demonstrate that this technique is feasible
using commodity inkjet printers and commercially available
ink, for an initial investment of around US$300. Having presented
this exciting new technology, we explain the tools and
techniques we have found useful for the first time. Our main
research contribution is to characterize the performance of instant
inkjet circuits and illustrate a range of possibilities that
are enabled by way of several example applications which we
have built. We believe that this technology will be of immediate
appeal to researchers in the ubiquitous computing domain,
since it supports the fabrication of a variety of functional electronic
device prototypes.
Author Keywords
Inkjet-printing; Conductive Ink; Capacitive Sensors; Rapid
Prototyping; Digital Fabrication.
ACM Classification Keywords
B.m. Hardware: Miscellaneous
Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or
classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed
for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation
on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be
honored. For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s). Copyright is held by the author/
owner(s).
UbiComp’13, September 8–12, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland.
ACM 978-1-4503-1770-2/13/09.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2493432.2493486
Figure 1. Silver nanoparticle ink is injected into an empty cartridge and
used in conjunction with an off-the-shelf inkjet printer to enable ‘instant
inkjet circuit’ prototyping.
General Terms
Design; Experimentation; Measurement.
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·Xerox Seizes 55,000 Boxes of Counterfeit Consumables in Raids
Posted on May 23, 2013 by kflack
Xerox recently conducted raids in China and Dubai, resulting in the seizure of more than 55,000 counterfeit consumables and parts for Xerox products. According to the company’s press release, the merchandise was slated for distribution in the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, Russia, Brazil and South America. The company has also introduced its Geniune Xerox Rewards program, which includes a validation process that helps buyers avoid counterfeit products.
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Kindle Paperwhite 3G
Posted on February 22, 2013 by kflack
Now available in Canada.
Make sure when you buy you select the 3G unit and purchase the unit with built in light.These were 2 areas that you will sorely miss if not purchased.
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Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent for Air Extraction Method for Inkjet Printer
Posted on November 26, 2012 by kflack
By Targeted News Service
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 26 — Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,313,181) developed by Richard A. Murray, San Diego, Calif., for an "air extraction method for inkjet printer."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of extracting air from an inkjet printhead includes using an air extraction chamber connected to the printhead. The air extraction chamber comprises an air chamber, a one-way relief valve having open and closed positions used in venting of the air chamber. A compressible member is provided to vent a quantity of air from the air chamber through the one-way relief valve when it’s compressed. The compressible member also expands so that a reduced air pressure is applied to the printhead when the one-way relief valve is in its closed position."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2009 (12/614,483). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,313,181&OS=8,313,181&RS=8,313,181
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Say NO to Samsung & Dell firmware upgrade
Posted on November 3, 2012 by kflack
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