You've seen photo printers go from slow to fast, from black and white to full-color and from huge to compact. The large estimate of technological advancements have made huge jumps the past year to make printing high-quality images much easier, faster and even more affordable for all of us.

With all these developments in the printing industry, it shouldn't be a surprise that the photo printers of the future are those that won't need general ink cartridges to be able to print. One of the pioneers of this technology is Zinktm, which stands for "zero ink," a company that has produced paper embedded with dye crystals that are activated when heated. Once the crystals are activated, colors emerge to form high-quality print images.

Printers

Some manufacturers have already launched their own inkless printers using Zinktm technology and have made these ready to the communal as early as 2008. Here are some brands that are already offering their own inkless printers in the market.

1. Dell Wasabi Pz310 Photo Printer. This compact, mobile printer can yield 2"x3" full-color prints without the use of ink cartridges. Using Zinktm technology, the Wasabi printer prints out high-quality images and documents that are smudge-proof as well as water and fade-resistant. Its size (4.8"x2.9"x0.9") makes it practical to bring along in your purse or pocket. It can also connect to your mobile phone via bluetooth or a Usb A connector, making it excellent for on-the-fly photo printing--it's like having a photo booth in your pocket!

2. Tomy xiaoTm Tip-521 Digital Camera. Use this handy digital camera to shoot photos and print images, too! The Tomy xiaoTm Tip-521 digital camera has a built-in inkless printer which can print out full-color 2"x3" prints in less than a minute. It's one of the first digital cameras out in the store today that integrates a printer into its ageement body, allowing you to capture, view and print out images everywhere you are. To date, the Tomy xiaoTm is ready in Japan and features a 5-megapixel camera with a 4x digital zoom and a 2.48" full-color Lcd display.

3. Polaroid PoGoTm mobile Printer. Short for "Polaroid on the go," the Polaroid PoGoTm was the first mobile printer featuring Zinktm technology. This ink-free printer is small sufficient to fit in your pocket and can connect to your mobile phone via Bluetooth or your digital camera through PictBridge. The absence of ink cartridges makes it much smaller than the most ageement photo printers. This handy mobile printer is able to print borderless, full-color, 2"x3" images in less than a minute.

4. Polaroid PoGoTm Instant Digital Camera. Like the Tomy xiaoTm Tip-521, the PoGoTm Instant Digital Camera combines a camera and a fully functional inkless printer to make capturing images and printing them fast, easy and convenient. You can capture and edit images in the camera and print them out on 2"x3" sticky-backed paper to make your own photo stickers. You can also connect the Polaroid PoGoTm camera to your computer to share your photos online with family and friends.

We've come a long way from the photo printers of the past, and technological advancements like inkless and ageement mobile printers have made printing high-quality images hassle-free, favorable and a lot more fun.

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