ZINK Digital Imaging Technology by ZINK Imaging, LLC.
ZINK (Zero ink) Imaging has invented a new way to print and experience full-color digital images without ink cartridges or ribbons. A radically simple approach to printing, ZINK Digital Imaging Technology embeds color-dye crystals to ZINK paper for affordable, durable and high-quality prints. The first products using ZINK technology will enable printing where it has never before been possible, in the pocket of every camera-phone and digital-camera user.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:06 am
How much does the paper cost? How fast does it print? What is the print quality in terms of colors and detail? How much battery power does a pocket ZINK device consume?
When can we see the video of the presentation at demo.com ?
January 31st, 2007 at 8:09 am
We can’t post videos from their presentation until the actual presentation occurs — Wednesday morning. After that, our goal is to try and get the videos up on the demo.com site within 24 hours.
January 31st, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I talked with the ZINK folks at the exhibitor area, and they said cost per print will be about 20 cents (for the smaller version, and images will take about 30 seconds to print.
Color and detail looked pretty good from what I could see, although some high-end ink systems I’ve seen seem to offer more colorful images. It could also be affected by the type of device taking the image (camera phones typically don’t take great photos in general).
Not sure on the battery life, maybe someone from ZINK will answer that question.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I don’t much care about color, I want this to replace my ink sucking, unreliable inkjet printers. If they can do color for .20, B&W should be .05 or less. Would be a huge winner and a crushing blow to the sell the ink, give away the printer industry that currently exists.
January 31st, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Pete Dixon,
Why do you buy expensive ink jet cartridges? I have been refilling mine for about 5 cents/per and image quality remains good for at least 6 to 10 refills.
Bottled ink is very inexpensive and all one needs is a syringe with a needle to refill cartridges,
January 31st, 2007 at 7:20 pm
OMG if this technology is as affordable and good as they say, I am going to give my inkjets termination notices A.S.A.P They have bled enough on me for y e a r s
February 1st, 2007 at 8:23 am
this is the coolest! i bet the quality will blow ink jet away when they hit that market.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
I am not a typical early adopter, but I can’t wait to get me hands on of these!
February 12th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
20 cents for a small printout like in the demo? That’s nuts. Far too expensive, plus wouldn’t this “paper” remain susceptible to heat damage? What kind of lifespan rating do prints from Zink have vs. regular inkjet? These are extremely important details I find missing from their site and demo.
June 7th, 2007 at 11:34 am
20 cents for a print is quite inexpensive when you factor in no ink cost and the portability of the device
June 27th, 2007 at 12:08 am
ZINK pretty much stole the ideas of Dr. Edwin Land of Polaroid when he first invented the Polaroid camera in the late 1940s!! Also, in 2001 Polaroid had a portable printer using Polaroid 500 film where you used a CF card to print out your photos. It required no computer or batteries!! Polaroid also teamed up with Olympus in 2001 to come up with a digital camera with a built in printer Olympus C-211). The ideas are the same only this company made everything smaller. But they didn’t do anything innovative. They just modernized the Polaroid, that’s all. I hope ZINK is a flop. They will hurt companies like Canon and HP. I don’t HP to layoff any people.
July 5th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
To Adam K: For as much as consumers pay to have their pictures printed at stores, or even for as much as they pay to print the pictures at home, 20cents is a pretty good price. You have to also remember that this technology is brand new and the price will be probably go down as the product spends more time on the market. Also, the demo was only several minutes long, they can’t answer all of your questions.. I’m sure the lifespan and heat damage questions will be answered as the product becomes more public.
Can’t wait to get a Zinc camera!!