Modern designers often work with three-dimensional shapes, but all these forms remain on that side of the screen. The Japanese company Roland DG released a relatively affordable «3D-printer. However, in contrast to the modern systems it does not make object out of liquid plastic, but rather grind it out from a solid bar of plastic or wood.

The machine is connected to a PC via a USB port and displays the “Print” complex models from CAD-files, the device is packaged with programs designed to create and output three-dimensional models. To get the mock-up, the user puts a bar on a special platform, the printer gets calibrated and starts the job. The printing process is time consuming. The model is created on one side only — only half of the figure. To obtain a full three-dimensional object you need to print the two halves and glue them together. Afterwards, you’d most probably need to paint it to your liking. Yes, lots of efforts, but the cost of the printer is only about a thousand dollars.

The video below gives you an idea how all this looks like:

Samsung Electronics Company announced MobilePrint, an application for mobile printing. This application can be installed on smartphones, and Android and iOS-based tablet PCs, and allows you to connect directly to Samsung wireless printers via Wi-Fi, or to conventional printers through LAN. Users can print documents, photos, PDF and Web pages directly from their mobile device. The application also supports instant scanning of documents on your mobile device.

The MobilePrint proprietary application works over Wi-Fi or LAN and requires neither special drivers nor network settings. It can be downloaded from the main applications stores and installed on smartphones and tablet PCs with Android or iOS. Right upon downloading a connection is established, and user can send files for printing from his or her device. For more convenience, the application automatically identifies nearby Samsung printers.

The developer promises, mobile phone photographers will love the MobilePrint for the quick and easy work with images. When using devices with iOS, photos can be printed from a photo album or directly from the camera, and the fans of Android can print images from the photo gallery of theur mobile devices. The Samsung application will help frequent travelers to quickly print out an electronic ticket of flight confirmation.

The new application for printing allows users to receive and edit documents, scanned using Samsung MFP. One only has to put the document in the MFP and send it to the device for quick viewing. Further, the application allows you to choose the quality of the scanned image, change the file type or toggle between color and black and white scanning.

Canon introduced a new compact photo printer, the Selphy CP800, which allows quick and easy creation of professional-quality photos at home. The new mode replaces the Selphy CP780 and has a number of improvements. The printer made in a slim and elegant design is equipped with some creative features and is much easier to use.

Selphy CP800 is suitable for those who want a convenient printer making high-quality photos with a touch of a button. The printer comes in black or white body colors. The printer has an ergonomic and friendly interface, large buttons and a rotating 2.5-inch LCD screen. It can print directly from memory cards or any device that supports PictBridge standard, for example, digital or video camera. The Selphy CP800 also prints from a USB drive or mobile phone.

The printer has an auto image stabilization, which analyzes faces, contrast and brightness of images, and then corrects the deficiencies for brighter and clearer pictures. The effect of “smooth skin” may hide the faults of the skin when creating portraits, and by manually adjusting the brightness you can improve the quality of prints.

The thermal sublimation technology of ink transfer creates a smooth transition of tones and makes the image glossier. The ink dries instantly, so photos are ready for use right away. According to the company, a special coating protects pictures from moisture and keeps brightness and color saturation for 100 years if stored in the album. Selphy CP800 supports printing on media of different sizes, including postcards, L6 and credit card formats.

Selphy CP800 offers a variety of options for layouts. The ID Photo Layout allows you to print photos for documents on one sheet. Mixed layout allows you to combine photos into original compositions to demonstrate you creative abilities. The “My Colors” function give even more room for creativity providing different color settings: Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Positive Film and Black-And-White.

An optional battery for model Selphy CP800 provides mobile printing on the go.

Pocket Printer–who has not dreamed about it? Take a picture of a person you like , immediately print it out and give it to him. A concept of such device, the Instant Cartridge Printer, was offered by two Chinese designers, Yuexun Chen and Chia-Chen Hsiao.

Instant Cartridge Printer is a small mobile printer with disposable cartridge. It is small, and easily fits in your pocket or bag. This device is supossed to print ten to fifteen 4×6-inch photographs per minute.

So you can take it with you anywhere you go, connecting it via USB to a camera, amobile phone or a laptop. That is a spanshot you just just took can be printed directly on the spot. People with whom we are traveling or relaxing will especially like it. They would have to meet you again to collect the photos or keep begging you to send them the pictures by e-mail.

Of course, there’s nothing to say about high quality of printing and color. But this pocket printer is compact, mobile and cheap. Excellent offer for people who are not hunting top-level shooting and printing.