Zebra Technologies Corporation has launched two new healthcare barcode printers that can identify patients and specimens at the point of care.

Zebra’s ZQ600-Healthcare series label printers and ZD510-HC direct thermal wristband printer produce highly durable labels and patient identification wristbands used to accurately and efficiently pair patients to the correct medical records, care staff, medication and specimens.
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Ink cartridges lasting for a year — that’s what Brother’s new MFC-J995DW multifunction inkjet printer proposes. It’s the first model to use the company’s new INKvestment Tank system that provides a year’s worth of ink before needing replacement.

According to Brother, the INKvestment Tank is the successor to the INKvestment series, which was developed based on how people were using printers. Replacing ink, and frequency and cost of doing it were the main things causing pain to consumers, and INKvestment Tank series take addressing adresses these points to another level.
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There are some obvious thing you know you don’t want to see in your current printer. Slow print times, frequent paper jams and lack of network connectivity — all those are hints at the obvious: it’s time to pull the plug and invest in a new printer.

Yet, there are things that are not so obvious.

Visitors are unable to use your printer without giving the receptionist files on a flash-drive, sharing scanned documents with colleagues takes too many steps, and require too many devices. Or when the printer stops working, there’s only one person around to fix the problem, and he’s not actually around.

When it’s time for upgrade, look for these innovations to keep your work flowing.
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You don’t have to be cast away on a desert island to write messages on the sand to get attention. Just get yourself this automated sand printer to get your message across. To your significant other, for instance.

Ivan Miranda has designed and built an autonomous printer that can draw messages in sand, so now’s probably a good time to brace yourself for an endless barrage of “will you marry me?” beach proposals clogging up your feeds.
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