Wireless Collaboration

We all love convenience, and what’s more convenient than a printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine in one?  Did I mention it’s wireless?

That’s right, the Lexmark X6675 can do everything from print pictures directly from a memory card to scan pictures back to your computer over its Wi Fi connection.  It claims to print 25 pages a minute in black and white.  Four machines in one, and not one extra wire.  How much better does it get?  How much space does that save?

For just over $100 it’s almost steal.  (If you’ve got over $100.)

It’s 3D

We’ve got 3D movies why not 3D printers?  Okay, so one really doesn’t have anything to do with the other, but they’re both pretty fun, right? It’s much more difficult to develop your own at home 3D movie (especially without those special glasses) but at home 3D printing has come a little bit closer.  At least now the printer will fit in a home.

The Alaris 30 is really one of the first some what desk top sized 3D printer.  Basically you can print models when ever you like, even with moving parts!  It’s really set for office work and concept type of stuff, but personal model creations are never out of the running. Once the price is released I’m sure it’ll be a bit too much for me, but a kid can dream right?

New Snapshots

In this digital age we’re all about instant gratification, so it makes sense that, like the Polaroid before it, instant photos on the go are making a comeback in the Tomy camera.  It comes at an especially important time as Polaroid film begins to disappear from shelves everywhere.

Introduced through Zink, the company that makes “zero ink printers”  the Tomy is a digital camera with printer attached.  Print little mini photos on the go as you go where ever you go.  There is the question of print quality, but part of the fun of polaroids was there unique lack of quality.  I’m keen on an updated digital idea, and the pictures make the cameras look really cute too.

Instantly Digital

I remember the wonders of the classic Polaroid camera and was the perfect age during the i-Zone camera craze where everyone could (and was) printing his face on a sticker.  It was instant, it was excellent, and Polaroid has grown with the times.

With Polaroids new PoGo mobile printer instant photography has gone digital.  While Kodak’s EasyShare Printer is simple it’s not nearly as small nor as versatile.  The PoGo printer claims to work even over a bluetooth connection from cell phones, as well as a regularly connected digital camera.

To be honest I’ve only read about the PoGo, never seen it in person, but it sounds intriguing, right?  Some of the reviews are mixed, but Polaroid film quality was always questionable, it’s the instantness that’s important (and fun).  The printer is over $100 but so are many old school Polaroid cameras nowadays, and that doesn’t include film.  

There is still a divide between some film and digital photographers and that’s the same divide that remains in the Polaroid debate.  What prints do you want to pay for?  Or, are you lucky enough to be in a position to afford both?