Memjet unveils speedy printer
23/03/2007 17:05

Stealing a few minutes waiting around the printer in your office might become a thing of the past thanks to a new rapid printer from US firm Memjet.

The new Memjet colour printer was revealed at the recent Global Ink Jet Conference in Prague.
Sixty full colour pages can be fired off within a minute, way above the industry standard, and the company revealed the unit would cost a fraction of the amount of high-speed colour laser devices.

Developers Silverbrook Research has been working on the technology for over a decade and have secured 1,400 US patents, with another 2,000 set to come.

Market analyst Robert Palmer, director of printer research for InfoTrends, said: "Memjet's technology delivers on the promise of inkjet for the broader market, with very fast speeds, high-quality colour and significantly lower purchase and operating costs."

Bill McGlynn, chief executive of Memjet's home and office business, said: "Conventional wisdom is that you cannot have high speed, quality colour and low cost all at once.

"This technology turns that notion on its head, making page-wide colour printing practical and cost-effective."

In September 2005 IBM released what was, at the time, the fastest printer in the world, which could print Tolstoy's War and Peace in less than a minute.

At Paperstone, we stock a wide selection of printer supplies for your pleasure.