Modern designers have employed 3D printing technology almost since its invention. All kinds of art objects have been created with the help of the new technology—from 3D printed furniture, vases and figurines to faucets and kitchen utensils. The experts tend to call this phenomenon “a digital handmade”—a fusion of traditional crafts with cutting-edge digital… Continue reading 3D Printing As Contemporary Art
Crucial needs of modern offices in more efficient and eco-friendly solutions force the development of printing technology. It particularly concerns Toshiba tec with its Three Greens philosophy (greening of products, process and management) and its ultimate intention for producing ecologically-conscious devices. With the launch of its new e-Studio5008LP series including 3 MFPs and one… Continue reading Toshiba Tec Hybrid MFPs
Traditionally, mobile printers are almost just the same as in times of the first mobile printers. Producers turned their attention to increasing print speeds and resolution and diminishing gadgets’ size. Than, the new way of seamless connection between the camera and the gadget was being added and a special paper type allowing to print without… Continue reading Prynt New Mobile Printer
Recently, Ricoh has launched two new fabric printers providing advanced functionality for faster, easier and more flexible apparel printing. The RICOH Ri 3000 / Ri 6000 allow to start printing a pattern on a cloth in two clicks thanks to intuitive software and to do it very quickly thanks to 27 seconds print speeds.… Continue reading New Ricoh Fabric Printers Print on Ready-made Clothes
Continuing the column “What else can we print on a 3D printer?”, we should mention a recently improved technology, allowing to use glass as a 3D printing material. The scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) detailed their findings online in the journal Nature and are spinning off a company to commercialize the technology.
Recently, Epson has turned its attention to SMBs—multi-user small office environments and midsized businesses—willing to bring their printing process and workflow management on a higher level. The producer has introduced a new A3 inkjet multifunction printer with the enormous (to this segment) print speed of 100 ISO ppm. The WorkForce Enterprise WF-C20590 has got a… Continue reading New Epson Inkjet Multifunction Printer
In the end of March, Xerox has introduced one of its largest new product launches made within the strategy to move about half of the business from mature to growth markets. The introduction included 29 gadgets which are ConnectKey enabled and feature mobile and cloud connectivity. Their main goal is to set the page free… Continue reading New Xerox Printers and Multifunction Devices
The whole world is rather excited about 3D printing. The scientists from different countries are trying to adopt the technology for different industries’ needs, make it cost-efficient. Very often the news come from top and less famous universities announcing the new 3D printing projects and researches. Founded in 1965 Sweden’s fifth oldest university—Umeå University—is no… Continue reading ‘HangPrinter’ Making a Tower of Babel [+ VIDEO]
A new trend appeared in Japan. Thanks to the improved 3D printing and scanning technology of the Okuyuki Kobo company the production of small figurines of people made from real models became possible. Now many Japanese families make small figurines of their relatives including children which is rather simple due to quick scanning even of… Continue reading Japanese 3D-Printed Figurines Of People
Everybody knows that if you want the highest quality of the printing materials you should buy only genuine cartridges specially developed to reach this goal. The producers represent secret ink and toner formulas which best suit printer’s print head technology. Of course, in everyday printing and in purpose to reduce costs we refill our cartridges… Continue reading Lexmark Goes To Court To Make Refilling of Their Cartridges Illegal