Printer

Fujifilm has launched a cute Instax camera that makes printing to instant film optional. The Instax Pal digital camera comes bundled with a Mini Link 2 printer, but can stow snaps to onboard storage for transfer to an app to add filters and stickers.

Holograms are one of those sci-fi promises that always seem to remain just out of reach. Now a former MIT Media Lab researcher is crowdfunding a desktop 3D hologram printer that can create images that pop out in 3D, and even appear to move.

Inkjet printers may be an inexpensive way to print out holiday snaps, but they can be fragile machines and end up at the city dump well before they hit kindergarten age. Italian maker Michele Lizzit has designed a way to make use of spent printers to build an operational 3D printer for just €10.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so the saying goes, but LifePrint's photos could be worth a few more. The company has launched a wireless portable printer and companion app, designed to print and share photos enhanced with augmented reality technology.

To celebrate its 60th anniversary in Canada, KFC has built a photo printer into the base of its iconic chicken bucket. Dubbed the "Memories Bucket" the limited edition pail connects to a smartphone via Bluetooth to print out the many precious memories you’ve made while downing your dinner.

Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Franz Binder GmbH & Co have developed a new manufacturing process to print EL panels directly onto the surface of almost any convex and concave shape. Even, apparently, onto spheres.

Earlier this year, Polaroid unveiled its pocket-sized Zip (Zink Instant Photoprinter) designed for linking to a smartphone to crank out full-color images on demand. Gizmag recently had a chance to put one through its paces as Polaroid goes back to its instant pictures roots.

A new nanoparticle liquid metal ink promises faster, cheaper, and easier production of stretchable, bendable electronics for clothing, soft robotics, and wearable devices created directly from an ink-jet printer.

Inventor Miguel Valenzuela has a dream. A dream in which any man, woman, or child can print pancakes in whatever two-dimensional shape they choose. He's now turned to Kickstarter in a bid to try and turn that dream into reality.

Computer scientists from Germany's Saarland University who have developed a technology called PrintScreen which allows anyone to print custom DIY displays using basic screen printing or even off-the-shelf inkjet equipment.

The design and prototyping of printed electronic circuit boards has lagged behind the simple push-button approach used in 3D printing. To help remedy this, the Voltera V-One conductive ink printer promises to produce rapid, multi-layered boards simply and quickly, with the minimum of fuss.

At 5.2 in wide, 5.2 in high and 1.2 in thick, the Socialmatic isn't exactly pocketable, but we suppose that's fair since we've never been able to fit a camera and photo printer in a pocket up until this point anyway.