Is this the world's smallest and most flexible mobile printer?

16 July 2003 Electronics Technology

PrintDreams has announced the release of what it says is the world's smallest and only fully format-independent printer. This printer has the length of a normal ballpoint pen while its width and height are more or less equivalent to the width of a modern cellphone. The total volume is less than 300 cc and it weighs around 350 grams.

Internet content, SMS, pictures and other information is downloaded to the PrintBrush from PDAs, mobile phones and laptops through a Bluetooth wireless link. Then, by following the company's 'random movement printing technology' (RMPT) principle, the device is swept across any type of print media by hand, no matter its shape, size or thickness. The printout will then start to appear right behind the sweeps, says the company.

PrintDreams says that the device takes into account all thinkable parameters of the hand movement, including rotation and sudden changes of speed and acceleration. The resultant image on the printed media is 'always very much like its digital counterpart', it says.

The first prototype was showed at CeBIT last year and was designed to fit into a shirt pocket. There still remains a clear potential for size and weight reduction in coming versions that will allow an even more comfortable fit, according to the company.

For more information, go to www.printdreams.com

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