Gizmodo
Here's some good news for graphic designers who wouldn't mind seeing how a prototype design actually looks on paper. The Xyron Design Runner is a tiny (about the size of a computer mouse) portable printer that prints directly onto various surfaces, such as wood and fabric, making the task of jazzing up birthday cards—or, if you're so inclined, Dear John letters—and the like painless. With the Design Runner, you can print fonts, always-hilarious and relevant clip art, and intricate borders on any number worthwhile items. The printer is powered by batteries, so there's no need to fear interference from any cords laying about. It's sort of reminiscent of the old GameBoy Printer, only more useful and not a total waste of money.
Xyron Design Runner [Xyron via Popgadget]
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Hmmm I can see modern tagers using this to print their tags (albeit tiny) directly onto buses, bldgs and signs!
This is just the thing to help launch (get ready for shameless promotion) the Virtual Mailing Address System (see my web site). Instead of an actual physical mailing address, people have a virtual address that could look something like an email address. One issue is potential misreads from handwritten virtual addresses. Currently the USPS has optical readers that read handwriting, but there is a name, zip code and street to help them when a reading error occurs. This device and potentially others would enable people (doctors and others with poor handwriting) to easily print virtual addresses on envelopes.
i dont get it...why not just print it out a regular printer...would take basically just as long wouldnt it?
Because you can't get body parts onto a regular printer....
right - std feed printers have a tendency to mangle delecate paper (vellum, newsprint). Also, I'm not sure where you buy your printers, but mine don't come with a setting for wood and fabric. Excellent product, now lets bump it up and make one that prints something like 3x3"
thrillhouse...exactly...custom on the spot temp tatoos....
It's a Lexmark. When I was working there last year, they were developing it for OEM customers. I actually played with the prototype for a while. It was basically a plain yellow plastic version of what's pictured.
paul d - does that mean we are going to see a Dell version of it in the near future?
Here is the RainyDayMagazine FirstLook of the Design Runner: http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2006/RainyDayProjects/S...
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