Tuesday, September 9, 2008

World Smallest Printer

Brother Industries Ltd, one of the leading printer manufacturer, will release their new color inkjet printers series. The commercial models an A3 printer, MFC-6490CN is the "world's smallest" multifunction printer.


The dimensions are 540 (W) x 488 (D) x 323mm (H). This machine function as an A3 printer (output), A3 copier (readout, output), A3 fax (transmission, reception) and A3 scanner. It will be in the market on this October with expected price is about ¥55,000 (approx US$507).


This machine was adopting the "tube engine method," in which the ink cartridge is separated from the print head. The ink cartridge is connected to the print head via an ink supply tube so that the ink cartridge is fixed and only the print head (and the tube, to be exact) moves.