Could you Prepeat that, please?

Hello Ramblin' Readers! Guess who's back! That's right, it's me, Lauren! Now, I know what you're thinking... my last two Tech Tuesday posts were about things that I was fairly blah about, but fear not! Today's post is all about a piece of technology that makes me shudder with excitement!

Have you ever spent hours on something, writing, editing, revising revising revising, only to print it out and discover that a number of mistakes somehow managed to slip through the cracks? All that paper, all that ink and toner... wasted. Don't you just wish you could go back and erase all of your mistakes, without being unkind to the environment?

Well, now you can! Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce Prepeat!



Finally, an advancement in technology that's both practical, and could be arguiably environment friendly... and it's just cool.

As the video states, the Prepeat "rewritable sheets turn black, then lose their color again, depending on the temperature. These changes are controlled precisely by the sublimation and liquefaction technology in the thermal head. This enables high-speed printing." Now, I'm not a scholar or anything, but I'm pretty sure that means the printer is magic... or from the future.

Or both.

WHAT'S GOOD:

• It's a printer that can reprint on the same sheet of paper using no extra toner or ink. Seriously... what more do you need?
  
• The lack of toner/ink/paper means it's somewhat environmentally friendly. Practical AND green... nice. Although, I can see the PET plastic being a problem... (I joke, of course)
  
• It's a printer that can reprint on the same sheet of paper using no extra toner or ink. I just felt it had to be said twice. For emphasis.

WHAT'S BAD:

• It's kind of pricey. I know, I'm being picky... but Mr. Sugano says multiple times in the video that the minimized usage of toner/ink makes it cheaper to use. The word "cheap" is thrown around a lot, but in the end, the thing still costs about 4,700$*, and that's without paper. Still, I have to say, I probably wouldn't mind dropping that kind of cash on it.
  
• It's paving the way for robots to take over the world. Okay, I made that up... I'm not used to having next to nothing bad to say about a technological advancement.
  

So there you have it, people. Prepeat: the printer of the future! I don't know that we'll see one popping up in every house in America, but it is still quite a gadget. I'd actually love to own one... so, to Sanwa Newtec, I say BRAVO. Bravo indeed.