Dell (finally) confirms its portable Wasabi Zink printer

Details are frustratingly absent, but Dell just came clean on that portable Zink printer of theirs, the Wasabi, that we saw run by the FCC in September. Luckily, all these Zink printers are pretty much the same -- meaning specialized 2 x 3-inch paper for ink-free printing, and a pretty stonking tiny form factor. Like most of the rest of the products introduced at Dell's ridiculously uninformative press event today, there's no word on price or release date.

[STINK @ Jan 9th 2009 12:22PM]

When you have Ben Stein presenting, details are unnecessary.

[rawag77 @ Jan 9th 2009 12:57PM]

I thought it was R. Lee Ermey.

[STINK @ Jan 9th 2009 1:04PM]

"Today, you people are no longer maggots! Today, you are DELL CONSUMERS. You're part of a brotherhood. From now on until the day you die, wherever you are, every DELL CONSUMER is your brother. Most of you will go to Customer Support. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this: our products die. That's what were here for. But DELL lives forever. And that means YOU live forever!!"

[Eric @ Jan 9th 2009 1:40PM]

Looks like Captain Ben Maxwell of the USS Phoenix

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Benjamin_Maxwell

[superhobo @ Jan 9th 2009 12:24PM]

Must be real expensive paper, then.

[Little a @ Jan 9th 2009 12:25PM]

Ink-Free ?

[Kossdust @ Jan 9th 2009 12:45PM]

Use thermal paper like almost all receipt printers now a days. Basically you get the paper hot and it turns black.

[brian @ Jan 9th 2009 12:57PM]

think thermal reactive paper like most modern receipt printers. it is probably something similar, not sure though as I haven't really read anything about these yet.

[Boarderwoot @ Jan 9th 2009 12:50PM]

once it goes black it never goes back.

[Boarderwoot @ Jan 9th 2009 12:26PM]

Was up b?
Wasabi?
Wasssaaaaahhhhhbiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jonathan-DBOSS @ Jan 9th 2009 1:00PM]

At first glance, I could've sworn the hand in the screen was his.

[Bad Beaver @ Jan 9th 2009 1:56PM]

Polaroid can call back once ZINK produces "prints" that look like, well, Polaroids in both size and quality. Before that it is just disposable junk.

[Papa @ Jan 9th 2009 2:23PM]

The printer sounds fine, but does the paper go all psychedelic on ya when you leave it in the car during a Hot summer day.

[ZNV @ Jan 9th 2009 2:50PM]

Dell printers?


Xerox is doing netbooks.

[Scott @ Jan 9th 2009 9:23PM]

This sounds a lot like what Polaroid just put into a digital camera to resurrect the "instant print" cameras. Same print size, same thermal tech, but apparently in color.

[QuarterSwede @ Jan 10th 2009 1:24AM]

This will flop. Polaroid's own Zink printer doesn't sell as it is. The camera they have with this built in may however.