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You Too Can Disappoint Your Kids With The 3D Sand Castle Printer

By David Ponce

Just look at those “creations.” They were made with the Spilling Funnel XXL. You put the water in, and the sand, and then it mixes into a sludge which pours from the spout, allowing you to create layer after layer of whatever you want. In principle you could potentially make pretty things with it, but if even the product shots show you a disgraceful sack of sand poo that tries to pass as something recognizable, you know your kids’ attempts will likely be even worse. Maybe if you set their expectations right and sell them on how this isn’t meant to make castles and turtles and other sandcastle-y things, but instead it’s an abstract art instrument… Maybe then they won’t feel inadequate? We’re not sure, parenting seems hard. We can however tell you that it’s $9.

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Star Micronics SM-T300 Printer Is Made Just For Your Smartphone

By David Ponce

There are times when you need something printed on a good ole piece of dead tree. It happens. And the Star Micronics SM-T300 is a small and rugged little printer that can get it done for you. It connects to your device (including the iPad, iPhone or Android device) via WiFi or Bluetooth and its battery lasts up to 11 hours between charges. Its ruggedness adheres to the IP54 international standard, meaning it’s dustproof and waterproof, and can be dropped without worry from as much as 1.5 meters high. From the looks of it the printing is the thermographic kind, which is a little like the receipts you get while shopping. Not exactly high quality stuff there, but when you need something on paper, it’ll work in a jiffy.

There’s no word on price or availability.

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Xerox Solid Ink Cuts Print Costs by 62%

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By Shane McGlaun

There haven’t really been many breakthroughs in printing technology since the laser printer and ink jet printers hit the market. The last interesting thing to happen in the printer market was the Kodak printers that offered ink that was much cheaper than other brands.

Xerox announced a new breakthrough in multifunction printing technology yesterday that uses solid inks. The new printer line is the Xerox ColorQube 9200 series and the printers promise to reduce the cost of printing color pages by up to 62% compared to color laser printers without losing any quality.

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