News The PrePeat reusable printer

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2010/02/09/the-prepeat-reusable-printer/1

Japanese tech manufacturer Sanwa Newtec has come up with a tonerless, inkless printer which prints images on to plastic sheets - and then erases them for re-use.

 

OMG reading in the bath! Win win!!

 

i stopped printing stuff when ii stopped living with my parents. i never bought myself a printer and i'm perfectly fine with that. as tough this is a very interesting technology, i don't expect to have a specimen on my desk for some time.

 

Sounds pretty good to me - I'll bet a lot of corporate customers will queue up for this if it can lower their carbon footprints.

 

Hmmm, is one sheet of PET more ecological than 1000 sheets of (by nature biodegradable) paper?

 

We use so much PET in plastic bottles (which can later be recycled), so I assume that reusable paper made from PET is practically a non-issue.

I wonder how thick each sheet of this "paper" will be? I think that the thickness (and the weight) will affect the use of this by corporations in the future. Color would be a nice step in the future as well, but I don't see how they will manage to do anything other than black and white (with maybe some shades between).

Also, I hope you don't take baths that are too hot, otherwise you might be erasing your pages while you soak in the tub.

 

Not if the bath is really hot though

 

The problem is the first thing people do on printouts in meetings is either doodle or write notes on it! Both of which render the £2.15 sheet useless. Unless of course you can use special pens to do that with, which will no doubt cost money too.

 

What if the reader is hot?

I mean if you are HOT with clothes on then this will just get erased as soon as it sees you in the nude!!!



Erm... I'll get my coat...

 

The "sign out" button is over there seinfeld

 

If its plastic, just use Dry Erase markers. Besides don't most people in corporate environments note-take on Netbooks/Notebooks/PDA's/insert-gadget-here ?

 

You'd be amazed at the amount of paper still used.

Ask a beancounter to provide engineering staff with 300$ netbook/100$ PDA each or with a 5ct pencil and let them type it out afterwards?
Typing out costs time, an engineer costs 100$ an hour so it'll repay for itself in...hmmm...we...let's go with the pencils!