Polaroid PoGo Offers Snapshot Printing

Polaroid's portable PoGo printer offers off-the-cuff snapshot printing - and since it's PictBridge compatible, you can print directly from a camera or a phone.

Polaroid may not be making its famous instant-developing snapshot cameras anymore, but that doesn't mean fans of the instant picture will be left high and dry in the digital age. The company's new PoGo portable pocket printer aims to bring the spontaneous excitement of snapshots to the digital generation. The diminutive printer weighs just eight ounces (without paper), runs off a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and can print full-bleed 2-by-3-inch snapshots in 60 seconds using new Zink inkless printing technology. The quality isn't as high as other photo printers on the market, but at snapshot size it seems to be just fine and since the printer is PictBridge compatible, users can print snapshots using their PictBridge cameras and phones via USB or Bluetooth, with no need for an intervening computer.

The PoGo's Zink paper features a peel-off back (sound familiar?) so users can attach their images to a wide variety of surfaces. The Zink technology uses heat to activate dye crystals embedded in the paper to create the images; the paper offers a polymer coating to protet printouts from scratches and moisture, and the result feels a lot like traditional photo paper. Sadly, no shaking is required to make the images appear.

Polaroid says the PoGos should retail for about $150, and while the models shown so far sport a black casing, the company says the printers will be offered in other colors to increase their appeal. The devices are clearly intended for the consumer and amateur photo crowd rather than serious photographers, but if you're looking for a simple way to plaster vacation snapshots around the office, the PoGo might do the trick.

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ColorMunki

X-Rite and Pantone Launch ColorMunki Color Products for Photo and Design Markets

X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT) along with recently acquired Pantone, Inc. has introduced ColorMunki, said to provide photographers and designers new technological advances that address core issues of color creation, control and communication in easy-to-use, integrated solutions. The ColorMunki portfolio includes ColorMunki Photo, ColorMunki Design and ColorMunki Create, all supported by www.colormunki.com.
Designed for the digital workflow of social, wedding and portrait photographers ˆ or anyone passionate about photography ˆ ColorMunki Photo delivers an easy, quick and affordable solution for matching colors from display to print.
Developed with professional photographer input, ColorMunki Photo is a completely integrated, versatile solution that calibrates displays, projectors and printers, measures ambient light and captures spot colors. The new AppSet automatically sets the printer profile for the user. ColorMunki Photo also includes new, exciting color creation and communication tools, such as automatically extracting colors from images and transporting images with DigitalPouch to ensure ViewSafe environments. ColorMunki Photo is said to give photographers ultimate color control for their images.
The associated web site, www.colormunki.com, is an online portal where designers and photographers can experience key ColorMunki software capabilities such as create, share and view color palettes with peers, search and select colors from images provided by the www.photoshelter.com community, and test their color-viewing ability with an online test. Creatives will also be able to purchase any of the ColorMunki solutions directly through the Web site.
Pricing, Availability and System RequirementsColorMunki Photo and ColorMunki Design will be available in late March 2008 at http://www.colormunki.com/ and other photo, design, major electronics and online retailers for an SRP of USD $499/$429.

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