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Photo Printer Update
My first computer printer - in the early 1980s -
was a large, slow and noisy daisy wheel model. Most of my friends had
quicker, quieter and smaller dot matrix units. But I preferred the superior
quality of the daisy wheel.
Then, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, working as a securities analyst in
Tokyo, I wrote reports on the printer companies, and covered the rise and
rise of the ink jet printer and the laser printer.
(I also, incidentally, covered the camera and film companies, and recall a
mid-1980s visit to Fuji Photo Film when I was shown their early experiments
in digital photography - even back then they were making plans for the
possible demise of film.)
Today, printers are cheap, high-quality and everywhere. They come with
amazing functions. And we see a growing number of specialist printers.
This blog will look at trends in one of these specialties, the photo
printer. Please come back often.
Martin Roth
February 2006 |
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