Booth Report: Hi-Touch Imaging By
Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource (Saturday, February 26, 2005 - 19:50 EST)On the booth of Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies this year, we saw an impressively wide range of dye diffusion thermal transfer printers, including one model that offered the rather unusual ability to print a true, reflective (shiny) gold color.
We're not sure exactly how useful the average user would find this ability to be, but it certainly offered the ability to add an interesting (and very eyecatching) touch to photo prints, and we can't remember seeing a consumer printer that offered this feature before. Also new was the FotoDazzle S300, a stylish-looking 4" x 6" 300dpi CMY printer that we wouldn't mind seeing on our own desk. It has to be one of the most handsome-looking printers we've seen recently, and while print quality is what matters most, we certainly wouldn't mind seeing more printers moving away from the standard single-color, boxy designs that most seem to be offered in...
HiTi also had reason to be proud, as the company's 730PS and 641PS photo printers were selected as the winners of the 5" x 7" and 4" x 6" print categories of this year's DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out at the show.
Hi-Touch Imaging Booth
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Hi-Touch Imaging Products
HiTi Photo Printer 730PS
HiTi Photo Printer 730PS Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer 301 x 301dpi 8-bit CMY (16.7 mil colors) 6" x 8" print in 70 sec.
HiTi Photo Printer FotoDazzle S300
HiTi Photo Printer FotoDazzle S300 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer 300 x 300dpi 8-bit CMY (16.7 mil colors) 4" x 6" print in 50 sec.
HiTi Photo Printer 640GALA
HiTi Photo Printer 640GALA Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer 403 x 403dpi 8-bit CMY (16.7 mil colors) 4" x 6" print in 75sec.
HiTi Photo Printer 730GALA
HiTi Photo Printer 730GALA Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer 301 x 301dpi 8-bit CMY (16.7 mil colors) 6" x 8" print in 70 sec.
HiTi Photo Printer 640Gold
HiTi Photo Printer 640 Gold Color photo printer Able to print true gold color Exact specifications unknown
HiTi Photo Printer PhotoShuttle
HiTi Photo Printer PhotoShuttle Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer 310 x 310dpi 8-bit CMY (16.7 mil colors) 4" x 6" print in 45 sec.
HiTi Photo Printer 631PS
HiTi Photo Printer 631PS Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer 403 x 403dpi 8-bit CMY (16.7 mil colors) 4" x 6" print in 110 sec.
HiTi Photo Printer 641PS LinkPrint
HiTi Photo Printer 641PS LinkPrint Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer 403 x 403dpi 8-bit CMY (16.7 mil colors) 4" x 6" print in 75 sec.
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