Noritsu to launch super-compact QSS range

Noritsu Precision Co will show its compact new QSS Smart lineup at Photokina, with availability slated for this (northern) autumn.
The new QSS Smart printers are distinguished by a remarkably small footprint – the 8-inch model (DR-08) is just 460x500mm (.23 sqm), while the 12-inch model (DR-12) is 500mmx560mm (.28 sqm). Noritsu sees the printers being used to augment an existing retail print system or as building blocks for a start-up photo business. They would be ideal for event photography or similar applications where lightweight portability is required.

The DR-08 will print to 8×12-inch and the DR-12 to 12×18-inch. For panorama prints, maximum paper advance is 2 metres (78 inches).

They can be easily incorporated into a retail printing network, using Noritsu EZ Controller software for advanced image correction, or easy output with a printer driver for a Windows application.

Unfortunately, we have been unable to obtain details such as price, throughput, inkset. etc. At the IPI conference in July, Ron Kubara, Noritsu’s director, WorldWide Strategic Sales & Planning, indicated that the new Noritsu technology would bring retail inkjet photo printing close to – or even possibly under – the cost of silver halide technology. He hinted the new printers would be game-changers.

‘This is all I can say for now as we are saving all other information for Photokina , and there will be additional new products as well,’ he told PhotoCounter this week.

The QSS Smart printers will be demonstrated on the Noritsu booth at  Photokina, September 20-25.