Makers hope e-paper prints cash

By Cecilia Brabin | April 25, 2011

Makers hope e-paper prints cash

Apr. 17 – Long predicted to replace traditional book or newspaper pulp, e-paper is not yet printing money, but tech firms hope its popularity may eventually mimic the real thing.

 

Japanese companies already use electrophoretic display, or EPD, for everything from watches and mobile phones to e-readers, with limited color, lower power use and freedom from traditional paper the attractions.

Dan Sloan reports.

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Makers hope e-paper prints cash

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  1. Epaper has been expected to replace traditional book paper for some time.
  2. EPD is not yet attractive enough.
  3. EPD has high paper and energy costs.
  4. Paper consumption has increased with the expansion of the India and Chinese economies.
  5. The cost of paper has increased 20% to 30%.
  6. People will turn to traditional paper more and more in the future.
  7. In EPD electric charges pass through paper.
  8. Current electronic paper is in colour.
  9. Emagazines depend on coloured electronic paper.
  10. Soon we may have ’emoney’.

 

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