ZINK Mobile Printer without using Ink

No more ink cartridges required thank you very much.

Zink Imaging has unveiled a new mobile printer that produces on-demand color images and photos without ink, ribbons or toner.

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Using ZINK's patented paper, an advanced composite material with dye crystals embedded inside and a protective polymer overcoat layer outside. Zink's process embeds the ink into the paper.

When it encounters heat, different layers of ink are activated and appear on the paper.

"We can make incredibly small and easy-to-use printers that can print images with the touch of a single button," says Zink Chief Executive Wendy Caswell, a former Polaroid executive. "When you don't have to deal with ink, you don't have to deal with the complexity that ink requires. This lets us get the size of the printer down to the size of something that can fit in your pocket, or which can be embedded into any type of electronic device."

Imagine now the ability to print more effortlessly with no hassle of worrying about low or empty ink cartridges.

The printer is expected to sell for $99 and $20 for 100 sheets of paper.