These actually make awesome pictures! Its cool tech that allows you to do prints anytime without feeling like a polaroid where you dont get any option of post. With a mobile setup, you can print off prints to show work. Its certainly not for everyone.
Zink is Zero Ink — Sort Of
Submitted 1 month ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/zink-is-zero-ink-sort-of/
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My first thought was: why have I never heard of this? The answer seems to be: 2" x 3" photo paper costs $0.41/ea.
Mail-order professional photo prints are quite a bit cheaper than that. So, the main thing this contends with is other instant photo creation methods. Which are pretty niche ever since digital cameras became good.
VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Dude measures in quotation marks
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Absolutely anything to avoid the metric system! If we, as Americans, has to measure in quotation marks, we damn sure will!
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah its VERY expensive and only useful for a very niche setup. But its cool we can have options like this in the first place.