Fujifilm MP-100 Digital Mobile Printer
Fujifilm Press Release
Fujifilm Digital Mobile Printer MP-100
New wireless mobile printer for sharing real photos from camera-phones
PHOTOKINA 2004, COLOGNE, GERMANY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 – Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. is proud to announce the Digital Mobile Printer MP-100, a wireless mobile printer for use with camera-phones. Using infrared transmission, MP-100 enables users to get real photos from their camera-phones anytime, anywhere. The MP-100 is expected to be commercially available in this autumn.
Worldwide unit sales of camera-phones are expected to reach nearly 150 million in 2004, or just over a quarter of all mobile-phone sales (source: Info Trends Research Group). With the rapid expansion of the camera-phone market and the introduction of high-spec models with image resolution of 1 megapixel or higher, demand has been increasing for printing of pictures taken with camera-phones. To meet this demand, Fujifilm unveils a new concept printer, the Digital Mobile Printer MP-100, designed specifically for use with camera-phones. Some of the attractive features of the MP-100 are ease of use, the convenience of infrared transmission, the mobility of its compact & stylish body, and high quality prints. Not in the same category as other home printers (inkjet printers) or retail print services, the MP-100 creates a new market category of ´´anytime, any place printing´´ for camera-phones.
Equipped with an infrared interface, the MP-100 can print out camera-phone images easily without any cable connection or media link up. Operation is simple: just press the printer´s ´´POWER´´ button, select the image data to be printed, and send it via infrared from camera-phone to the printer. A new high-speed digital photo pack achieves speedy printing in 21 seconds with low energy consumption (approx. 130 prints from two CR2 lithium batteries). Additionally, Fujifilm´s Image Intelligence™ (an original system of image-processing software technologies used in Fujifilm Frontier digital minilabs) provides auto exposure compensation for images taken with insufficient light.
The Fujifilm Digital Mobile Printer MP-100 is a new concept life style printer, developed to enable users of camera-phones to print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere, quickly and easily.
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1. Product name: Fujifilm Digital Mobile Printer MP-100/Digital Mobile Printer Photo Pack 2. Availability: November, 2004 3. Main Features (1) Mobile & Compact Compact size: 29.5mm thick and weighing only 205g (batteries and photo pack not included). Printer fits easily in a pouch or a handbag. (2) High speed prints Each image can be printed out in 21 seconds* after image data transmission is completed. Prints from camera-phones can be enjoyed instantly. *Picture begins to appear about 10 seconds after print processing at 25 degrees C. (3) Wireless printing, no AC cable connection • Effortless printing is possible via infrared transmission function of camera-phones, doing away with the need for cable connections or media link ups. • Approx. 130 prints can be printed with 2x CR2 lithium batteries. No need to charge batteries. (4) Sharp, high quality prints • Employs newly developed exposure system that enables exposure and printing to be done simultaneously with a fixed LCD shutter. This creates sharper image. • Incorporates Image Intelligence™, Fujifilm´s original system of image-processing software technologies, to automatically correct over/under exposed images.
4. Compatible camera-phone models Camera-phones that can transfer image data via infrared to MP-100. Please see http://home.fujifilm.com/products/dmp/index.html for details.