As if most of us did not have enough people to talk to, the newest invention from Canon is a talking color photo printer. The portable photo priter named Selphy ES40, use dye-sublimation technology instead of ink and that was one of the reasons the voice feature which is called Voice Guidance was added to walk people around the printing process which is different than what they are used to. Dye-sublimation printers use three separate colors and a clear protective coat and the paper passes through the printer that many times with each color printed separately. One of the goals of the Voice Guidance is to walk people through the process and hopefully keep them from snatching the paper from the printer after just the first pass.
According to the New York Times, "the ES40 printer has an intuitive interface and an easy to use scroll wheel that serves it well for viewing and editing photos on its 3.5-inch LCD displsy screen."
The printer uses a special kind of paper called the Easy Photo Pack which comes with the dye-sublimation material needed to print embeded in it and is offered in different sizes selling for various prices.
For instance, for the most common photo print size, the 4 by 6-inch, the pack of 100 costs $31.99
The Selphy ES40 Compact Photo Printer, will be available in October and will sell for $150.
For more, see NYTimes.com
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