Female printer from Epson Articles / Seiko Epson Posted by zmcnulty on Mar 16, 2004 - 10:52 AM |
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It's a printer "by women, for women." Seiko Epson will release the "Colorio me:" E-100, a transportable inkjet printer developed under the "printer easy for women to use" theme on April 23rd. The printer is officially Open Price, but indicators suggest it should cost around 20,000 yen.  The "Colorio me:" is an inkjet printer designed by Epson's "Team8," an all-woman project team formed specifically for the purpose of creating a "printer easy for women to use." It has a handle on the round-style case for transporting.It's an inkjet style printer, and prints using one ink cartridge with 6 colors. The printer resolution is a maximum of 2880 x 1440 dpi. To confirm what is being printed, it features TV output, and connects to the PC via USB. The size is 256 x 154 x 163mm (W x D x H), and it weighs 2.7kg. Another feature of the Colorio me: is its ability to connect to cellular phones (with cameras) and digital cameras and print directly - and in addition to SD cards, Memory Stick, and CompactFlash, it supports miniSD cards and Memory Stick Duo when equipped with seperate adapters. Loaded on board is the "Cell Phone with Camera Correction" mode, and images are printed on glossy card-size photo paper. Pictures taken with a cellular phone can also be printed easily. Finally, infrared and Bluetooth (Ver 1.1) wireless support is available as an option, and when the size and print mode is set via the operation panel on the printer, it can print wirelessly. In addition, the "Colorio PM-D1000" video-deck shaped inkjet printer will be released in May. The price on this one is also Open Price, but indicators suggest it should cost around 40,000 yen.  The PM-D1000 also supports miniSD cards and Memory Stick Duo with seperate adapters, as well as the "Cell Phone with Camera Correction" mode. It also has wireless (infrared and Bluetooth) support as an option. The size is 430 x 420 x 109mm (W x D x H), and the printer weighs roughly 8.3kg. Inspired by: http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/18067.html [2] Colorio me: Press Release: http://www.epson.co.jp/osirase/2004/040316_1.htm [3] Colorio PM-D1000 Press Release: http://www.epson.co.jp/osirase/2004/040316_3.htm [4] |
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=170 Links in this article [1] http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0316/epson2.jpg [2] http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/18067.html [3] http://www.epson.co.jp/osirase/2004/040316_1.htm [4] http://www.epson.co.jp/osirase/2004/040316_3.htm |
