With the increasingly busy lifestyles of the modern man and woman, comes the need to have easy fix solutions to problems. The print industry has seen many such problems as times change forcing the industry to evolve. The need to print on the move has caused a growing market for portable printing consumables and hence the advent of pocket printers. A Kickstarter campaign was launched which would revolutionise the print industry. Zuta Labs’ innovative pocket printer was invented as a result. This small robot moves across your page printing out your requirements as it goes. Due to its design, it can print on any size paper; wheels move across the paper with the omni-wheel system allowing the printer to turn and drive accurately in any direction. Print requests are sent via Bluetooth.
How small is the Pocket Printer and what can you do with it?
The device is only 10cm x 11.5cm and weights only 300g, making it perfect for carrying with you. However, it currently only prints using black ink.
There is, however, a range of other pocket printers on the market. The Huawei Pocket Photo Printer can print colour photos in 313 x 490 dpi resolution, and uses Zink – an inkless printing technology, which is used in instant photo printers. 
You can print, peel and stick social media posts for example, when you print with the Zink stick-backed photo papers. Weighting only 195g, it is your ideal portable printing companion. Not only this, but it also makes use of Augmented Reality (AR) printing. You can link a video to your photo, which will play automatically when you scan the printed photo!
In fact, platforms such as PhotoBloom AR take a modern twist on tradition online photo printing. The magic of moving portraits is no longer a novelty confined to the realms of films like Harry Potter! It used to be that this technology was only accessible with AR images in magazines and billboard posters. Now as you can make your own photos come to life using a new pocket sized printer and accompanying AR app, you can hold up the finished print and watch it animate on your phone! Lifeprint is another printer that has this technology in-built, and is priced at £134.95. It works with the ZINK Zero Ink Technology, which has invisible code that works with the accompanying app!
The Balance between traditional printing and innovation
However, if you’re happy to stick to traditional printers, but want that innovative sparkle, why not experiment with metallic inks? For printing businesses, in this age of evolve or die, this simple twist can give you that extra help to survive as a print company.
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