Dell's ink-free Zink PZ310 WASABI printer splashes down in FCC

Up until now, the words "Zink" and "Polaroid" were all but married together, but a breakup fit for The Hills is about to go down courtesy of the all-too-promiscuous Dell. Over in the deep waters of the FCC, we're seeing a new Dell printer that utilizes the ink-free Zink technology. The PZ310 WASABI is yet another handheld printer that comes bundled with a single stack of printing paper, Bluetooth technology for printing from your mobile / BT-enabled PC, a USB port for traditionalists and a Reprint button for obvious reasons. As with everything in the FCC, the agency is never kind enough to hand over any preliminary pricing / release information, but it ought not be long now before Dell starts shipping these things without even telling anyone.

[avester @ Sep 29th 2008 11:41AM]

I would like to see cheap paper with this one.

If it's too heavy on the pricing, the popularity will zink down, entering the spiral downwards.

Oooh double-pun. Take that.

[Kris @ Sep 29th 2008 11:45AM]

How does Ink-Free printing work?

[rand @ Sep 29th 2008 11:55AM]

From the Polaroid Product Page.

How It Works:
The full-color digital photos are created without ink cartridges or ribbons using ZINK Photo Paper™, keeping the printer to about the size of a deck of cards. The paper is a durable material that contains colorless cyan, yellow and magenta dye crystals. Heat activation brings photos to life, colorizing ZINK™ dye crystals, so digital photos can be shared instantly.

[Jeff @ Sep 29th 2008 12:03PM]

Great...now the paper can cost more than the printer.

[Jason Litka @ Sep 29th 2008 11:50AM]

So, it's a Dell-branded photo printer which prints 3" x 2" photos @ $10 for 30 and needs to be recharged twice in order to actually print all 30? Yeah, that will be popular...

[tom @ Sep 29th 2008 12:19PM]

@ Jason +1

This POS can be put on a deathwatch.

[phanbouy @ Sep 29th 2008 11:58AM]

does it come with a soy sauce daughterboard?

[bob sakamano @ Sep 29th 2008 11:59AM]

roll call:

jemaine? present

[El Taco @ Sep 29th 2008 6:25PM]

/confused

[Jason @ Sep 29th 2008 12:17PM]

I just hope the quality is a step up from the Polaroid iteration.

[Knives_Out @ Sep 29th 2008 12:24PM]

can't wait till they shrink this technology down and build it into the cameras.

[:) @ Sep 29th 2008 12:33PM]

Ummm they had that a long time ago....:P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_camera

[Ryan Trevisol @ Sep 29th 2008 3:25PM]

Whoa, slow down with all that tech mumbo-jumbo. Polar-oid you say?

[▀█▀ █ ▀█▀ ▄█▀ @ Sep 29th 2008 12:55PM]

Comes with 20 cents off your next order of wasabi fries!*



*Some customers will get their dick ripped off

[kal326 @ Sep 29th 2008 1:48PM]

And I bet you could only buy the paper from Dell if you were dumb enough to actually purchase one of these. Seems to have worked wonders for their inkjet and laser printers. I can't count how many people have gotten extremely pissed when they realized that at 11pm at night when their printer runs out of ink they can't just go to the store and buy more unless they want to get a manufactured cartridge which only works in some models. Great plan Dell....

[Jason Litka @ Sep 29th 2008 2:26PM]

I don't know where you live, but I can just go to Staples to buy ink for my 968w.

[Tejas Patel @ Sep 29th 2008 2:34PM]

I need to find a Staples store that's open till 11...that would be amazing.

[TIMMAH! @ Sep 29th 2008 5:30PM]

Why would someone buy this?

[Fire-Storm @ Sep 30th 2008 7:43AM]

Phones have camera's, most phones have bluetooth, Wasabi has bluetooth.

Take a picture and print instantly and wirelessly from your mobile.

this will sell well. Either by itself or bundled with a phone contract .

or with a Dell Phone..