A printer that sits on your notebook lid

While the image of a printer has always been a beige and bulky contraception that takes up too much space on the desk, designer Hung Chih Wang wants to change that by introducing Trak.

His mobile printer fits comfortably on the back of the screen of a notebook and is powered by USB, so there are no messy power cables looping around. The printer head is detachable, and zips along a track on the printer itself to get the job done.

The pictures on the Web show black-and-white printouts, but we hope a color version will come out soon. With a detachable printhead, this shouldn't be a difficult task.

While it seems that this is still in development, we can see Trak going a long way as an indispensable companion for road warriors who need to get work done while on the road.

Via Yanko Design

A printer for people who work while bathing

Some cynical types might question the need for a waterproof printer, but we think the reason is obvious: What else would one use to print from an underwater monitor after having received a deep-sea text message with links to undersea videos taken while listening to a scuba-diving MP3 player?

No, this 3-inch printer from South Korea's Woosim doesn't make sense to us either, as described by Red Ferret, but neither do a lot of other aquatic electronics. It's also not clear whether the device is submersible but, given the demand for other underwater gear, that probably wouldn't be such a bad idea. If not, maybe it's been designed to print onsite tickets for the orca exhibit at SeaWorld.

Via Crave CNET

A printer that "hangs" on you

Right next to the Blow-up Mouse, this one gets our vote for going where no printer has gone before--right over the edge, literally. Once again, it's the Koreans thinking out of the box, with designers Jin Hee Kim, Hyung Il Kim & Woo Seok Park conceptualizing the, erm, Hanging Printer. While the name isn't terribly original, the idea of hiding the bulk of the inkbox under the desk is, with only the paper feed and printhead visible on the table. Which makes this one less clutter on our already overcrowded desktop. Now all it needs is to get into production.

Via Yanko Design

The stretch limo of printers

Looking for a fast printer? If you happen to have 33ft of wallspace and a spare US$280,000 lying around, this may be the perfect one for you.

The Canon ImagePress C6000 can print up to 70 pages a minute at 1,200-dpi resolution, according to OhGizmo, with a capacity for 10,000 sheets of paper. To achieve that insane rate, this monster needs a built-in computer of its own with a 10.4-inch LCD, 800MHz processor, 1.5GB of memory, and 80GB hard drive.

Still, we remain unimpressed. For that kind of money, it should make a decent latte.

Via Crave CNET

HP launches smallest laser printer yet

Is your tiny desk space making you feel down? Do you have secret desires to dismember that elephantine piece of crap your IT department calls a laser printer? Well, you can stop popping those Valium pills because HP has just launched its smallest laser printer to date, the LaserJet P1005.

Taking up about the same area as a 15.4-inch notebook, this printer claims to be able to push out its first copy in under 8.5 seconds (from the PowerSave mode) with an average speed of 14 pages per minute. It uses a special ink developed by HP--formed from perfectly spherical particles--which should give better image quality over other inks.

This printer is available in Singapore now for S$209 (US$148.49). The replacement cartridge goes for S$95 (US$67.50) each. With the exception of Malaysia, China, the Philippines and India, other Asian countries will be retailing this unit soon.

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