This Monitor Takes Print Screen Commands Seriously
This Monitor Takes Print Screen Commands Seriously
Posted 12/10/2010 at 6:07am
| by Paul Lilly
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Designer Byeong Min Choe's latest concept hits you square in the face the way only epiphanies can. Why not skip the middle man -- in this case, Photoshop or whatever photo manipulation program you use, and even a dedicated printer for that matter -- and jettison those Print Screen captures from your monitor to paper in one simple keystroke?
Meet the "Document Extractor," a combination monitor, printer, and scanner all rolled into one. Sure, we can think of a handful of reasons why this has never been done before (it would cost too much, if one function breaks you have to replace the entire unit, etc), but reservations aside, we have to admit this is a seriously cool concept.
In Choe's mind, the monitor would support multi-touch capabilities so you could manipulate screen captures and crop/resize as necessary before printing them out. When you're ready, the screen grab comes out of the bottom of the panel, and there's a paper tray in the back. And of course you could use this for printing more than just screen grabs.
Image Credit: Yanko Design
So what's the verdict? Cool concept or useless gadget?
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The bigTchaikovsky
December 10, 2010 at 7:11pm
It could maybe work if they worked in conjunction with Polaroid. Idk how the scanner thing would work though.
violian
December 10, 2010 at 12:01pm
Printers are one of those tech gadgets that are losing ground in the home environment. There's data somewhere showing the decline of printer purchases for in-home use. Flatbed scanners is another prime example (Canon only makes 2 models of dedicaed flatbed scanners vs. 8-12 models in the early 2000's). Makes sense as everything is going digital these days (in college, 1/3 of our class assignments/projects were digital submissions).
And if this concept utilizes inkjet technology, I don't see this working well. If you've used an inkjet printer, you'd notice how the printer slightly moves side-to-side as a result of the fast-moving inkhead inside. It's only stabilized as a result of the wide heavy footprint of the printer's body. This concept above, I could totally see the screen rocking back and forth as the printhead is printing.
MleB
December 10, 2010 at 8:11am
Looking at this, I am given to recall many years ago the notebook computer that had a built-in printer under the keyboard (HP?) - arguably a better idea than with a desktop. And whatever happened to that? Same problems bedevilled it, I would think...
Peanut Fox
December 10, 2010 at 10:46am
You're probably right, but I wonder why you'd want to always tote around a printer for a device that's suppose to be mobile. Laptops can be bulky enough without a built in money slot.
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