‘See What You Print’ Concept Printer Unveiled - ouelletteoncely

The subsequent of printers doesn't take over to be boring, at to the lowest degree in the eyes of pattern firm Artefact. The group's conception printer, dubbed "See What You Print," aims to "bring in the printer to the 21st century, by stripping it down of its cumbersomeness."

See What You Print is a minimalist black box, propped up at an lean and devoid of physical buttons. Its top panel is a massive touchscreen that allows for image editing — scarce crop and rotate with your fingers, and the device prints whatever image is on cover. The show is calibrated to the printer, so previews show exactly what the written page will look like (hence the name). Of naturally, Artefact envisions wireless impression from digital cameras and integration with Facebook and Flickr.

Artefact designed the box itself for "radical simplicity," every bit it's made to resemble a ream of paper. The theme tray consists of fabric that unfolds to become rigid, and thither's no on or off button; that affair is handled entirely by beginning and mop up the paper tray. Selecting ink types from the touchscreen reveals an augmented view of the printer's innards, overlaid with ink levels and wallpaper type information.

As with most far-out technical school concepts, SWYP ISN't connected its mode to become a finished product. Just Artefact is hoping to pep u tech companies to reckon beyond nowadays's boring, clunky printers.

"SWYP illustrates that it is come-at-able to innovate in very mature and undynamic markets," Artefact says. "By re-thinking the product and focusing on core issues information technology is thinkable to revitalize a ware that has lost its consumer appeal."

H.P. power want to note. But in the meantime, I'm inquisitive if a tablet app rear execute many of the same functions that Artefact imagines.

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