An amazing invention is going to be demonstrated by a team of Japanese scientists led by Kenichi Okada the Florence. Specialists from Keio University modified the conventional inkjet printer, and “taught” him to print images that are not only bright, but also have flavor.

The work is being conducted together with specialists from Canon. An unremarkable inkjet is turned into a real olfactory display. Mr. Okada said that the printers of this type are an ideal tool for the purpose, because they release the active ingredient in small portions, which allows fine control over the printing process. The current prototype produces flavors of lemon, vanilla, lavender, apple, cinnamon, grapefruit and peppermint. The main problem that remains is complete independence of the color and the smell. The next stage of the project will be to match the pictures and the smell.

New MFP Series Epson Stylus Office is a high-speed and extremely cost-effective color printer for the home office and small business.

Epson presents a cost-effective solution for working with documents at home and small offices – new AIO Stylus Office BX625FWD. This innovation has not only high speed, but also perfectly implemented duplex function.

Due to the wide range of individual ink cartridges this multifunction device can both cope with any amount of printing and provide significant savings – the replacement is only required for one cartridge, which is out of ink. Additional savings also provide high-capacity cartridges and the new printing system. As a result, cost of color printing on Epson Stylus Office BX625FWD is up to 2 times lower than on laser printers the same price!

Epson Stylus Office BX625FWD is a real assistant in the business that has a number of useful features:

* Built-in duplex for speedy and economical printing of bilateral documents
* Fax
* Automatic document feeder for fast copying, scanning and faxing documents
* Network interfaces Wi-Fi to work with no wires and Ethernet devices for use with multiple PCs simultaneously
* Usable control panel
* Comfortable roomy tray 250-sheet paper

Traditional for Epson prints are resistance to water, light and mechanical stress that are achieved through the use of Epson DURABrite Ultra pigment ink. Documents coming out from the printer are already dry, and texts on ordinary office paper do not differ from laser prints: they will not lose its form over many years and do not smear when you select text with a marker.

Software included in the package, allows easy editing of scanned documents and managing them over a network using Wi-Fi interface and Ethernet.

Xerox Phaser 7500 – A New A3 Color Printer

Model Xerox Phaser 7500 is designed to replace the already obsolete printer Xerox Phaser 7400. This is the youngest model among the A3 printers. Xerox Phaser 7500 is aimed primarily at small and medium-sized workgroups who want more than just fast and good printing, but also inexpensive color office printing.

Appearance

There are four configurations of Xerox Phaser 7500: 7500N, 7500DN, 7500DT and 7500DX. The first is the most basic and does not support duplex printing. DT version is additionally equipped with a more capacious feeder tray, and standard equipment in DX is even more capacious hard drive and tray. Any of the standard configurations can be expanded with additional options. All models can be equipped with a special stand with compartment for supplies.

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Today no one is surprised by printers producing three-dimensional objects – there has been a variery of development approaches to the subject: glass printer, foam printer, even food printer, to name a few. However, craftsmen continue to find ingenious ways to implement known technologies. For example, Junior Veloso from Singapore, who stepped aside from  the traditional method of printing in desiging his own 3D-printer.

Traditional stereolithography usis a scanning UV-laser, which hardens liquid polymer layer by layer. The DLP-printer of the Singaporean operates in a similar manner, but it employs micromirrors-based video projector  to expose the polymer layer by layer.

Such a design exhibits a single layer within 4-8 s, and it takes a few hours to build the entire object of multiple layers. In addition, the polymer should be opaque, or the effect of “shadowing” light passing through it would create a distorted shape.