Mobile assistant
For a long time I am a reader of Habrahabr, but somehow there was no reason to write an article in the sandbox. And recently, after reading about the Stick Pop Pocket Printer , I remembered that a box like this had been lying in the closet for a long time:
(diskette for size estimation)
If anyone didn’t understand, it’s a
Key Features:
Printing Method: Bubble Inkjet Printing
Color Printing:
BC-11e Color Printing Cartridge Ink
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow
Printhead: 64 nozzles for black and 24 nozzles for each color
Black ink cartridge: BCI-11Bk - approximately 40 pages (7.5% coverage)
Color ink cartridge: BCI-11B - approximately 35 pages (7.5% coverage)
Print speed: Approximately 0.3 to 2 pages per minute (color printing)
Approximately 4 pages per minute (black and white printing)
Black and white printing:
BC-10Bk cartridge Ink
color: Black
Print head: 128 nozzles
Ink cartridge: BCI-10 - approximately 120 pages (7.5% coverage)
Printing speed: Approximately 4 pages per minute
Resolution: 360x360 dpi (720x360 dpi with anti-aliasing)
Paper size: Standard size s to A4 / Legal
Interface: 8 bits Parallel, IrDA 1.0
Noise level: 45 dB or less
Energy consumption (maximum):
Standby: 5 W
Printing: 30 W
Weight: 1.4 kg
Dimensions: 300x157.6x57 mm
Options:
NK-300 battery (50-page resource)
AD-360 universal adapter
IS-12 color scanning head The
device was brought from Germany and has been idle for at least 5 years. I could not find the year of release on the case, but judging by the fact that the drivers are only for Windows 95/98, this is somewhere around 97-98. It was not possible to find the printer, the cartridges have already dried up. This was at a time when machinery for export was produced in Japan. This printer was no exception, everywhere the words Made in Japan, even on cartridges and the power supply!
Of course, by today's standards, print speed and quality are low, but at the time of release I think it was very good, especially for a mobile printer.
As you can see from the specifications, the printer is connected to the computer via either LPT or infrared interface. The latter provides printing and scanning at a distance of up to one meter.
This is how it looks ready to work:
In the bowels of the printer, a
Also included were a color cartridge and a scanning head:
Canon IS-12 Color Scanning Head allows you to use the printer as a full-color long-range scanner. The transition from printing to scanning is quite simple - the cartridge is pulled out and a scanning head is installed in its place. To return to printing, the process is performed in the reverse order.
Characteristics of the scanning head:
Light source: LEDs
Scanning method: In 3 passes (R, G, B)
Resolution: 360 x 360 dpi
Scanning speed:
Black and white: A4 format - 0.45-0.59 min / page. (LPT-ECP)
Color: A4 format - 3.16-6.58 min / page (LPT-ECP) The
battery declared in the options was not included. Perhaps already thrown out.
The printer is working quite loudly, at least the process of preparing for work. Although probably depending on what to compare, dot matrix printers widespread
I have never seen such devices anymore, I think the device was not cheap. Yes, and probably was in operation gold. Found on used eBay at a price of ~ $ 20-25, for connoisseurs.
One can only guess about the price in those years.