Zuta Printer has made printing very simple and easy. It does not have almost
all the component of a traditional printer but it only has the most
important part which is the "Print head".
"Our world is mobile and to some extent we got used to having everything
available around us," ZUTA Labs co-founder Tuvia Elbaum told Mashable. "I was banging my head, it makes no sense. We're in 2014, how come there's no portable printer?"
Since it does not has to do with any special drivers, the device will be
accessible from computers, smart phones and tablets, either by the use
of the traditional print function or an app. It will work with paper of
any size and will print approximately 1,000 sheets of paper on a
standard, replaceable ink cartridge. The printer will also be able to
last for up to an hour on a full battery and can be recharged via a USB
cable.
The printer is meant for smaller documents, such as tickets or notes
from a meeting, but for larger projects with multiple pages, it will
wait for the user to place it on a new sheet of paper before continuing
the job. An average page of text will be able to print in approximately
40-45 seconds.
Friedberg Entrepreneurship Program brought about this project, which
provided initial funding, use of facilities and professional guidance,
while Elbaum and co-founder Matan Caspi were enrolled at the Jerusalem College of Technology. The lab's name comes from the ancient Aramaic word for small.
This great idea for the Zuta Pocket Printer was inspired by personal necessity.
Elbaum said that as an entrepreneur he has often found himself working
on the go and it baffled him that, given everything else we can do with
them, we still can't print from mobile devices. Other devices advertised
as portable are constrained to the size of the paper they use, which
means that they can't be nearly as mobile as the Zuta product.
Kickstarter campaign
for the Zuta Pocket Printer has been wildly successful. It has raised
more than $450,000 out of a $400,000 goal with 12 days still on the
clock. The device, which will retail for about $240, is expected to go
to production in September and be shipped to Kickstarter backers in
January.
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