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In response to a joke about leading nanoprintere they collected a device that is capable of printing images on anything [photo]
Vladimir Igoshin - 29.11.2010

Not for nothing is said that scientific discoveries are sometimes made for fun. Or - because of the jokes. As it is the case with prozoshlo Novosibirsk innovative company "San". Back in September, TV presenters Sergey Svetlakov, Garik Martirosyan, Ivan Urgant, Alexander Cekalo in the show "ProjectorParisHilton" discussed articles in the media about the achievements of the nanotechnology industry. And they dropped it a few caustic remarks about nanoprinterah and nanochernilah. And newspaper reporters actively mocked reservation chapter "Rosnano" Anatoly Chubais when he talked about the possibilities of print "the impossibility of surfaces", referring most likely complex surfaces.

Siberians are not that offended ... Rather, we decided to respond adequately showmen. And two months later presented a novelty: the printer, which causes the image ... on the water! In fact, the seal of the Novosibirsk innovators interested for a long time and created a giant printers for industrial printing on wood, glass, ceramics, metal, plastic, laminate ...

At different printer models can print images on the surface of a width of 2, 5 meters of unlimited length or fixed sizes - 2, 5 to 3 meters. Now these printers Novosibirsk companies are already working in many countries, they are even in the United Arab Emirates and the Canary Islands. Sales miracle printers abroad will soon exceed the number of deliveries to cities in Russia, as they say in the company.

 - Our printers can not print only on Teflon and other surfaces, was not originally intended to be applied to these figures - said the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" Oleg Markov, project manager and chemist-developer of "San". - The press on the water there is nothing supernatural. Remember iridescent drops of gasoline in the puddles. It's something like that. A tiny drop of nano-ink drops on the surface of the water, hardens under ultraviolet light, and out of the picture is made up of millions of drops.
Siberians have demonstrated that this can be printed.
Photo from the site www.sun-nsk.ru





As our interlocutor said, the size of a drop of nano-ink is so small that the naked eye to see it, you can, but only in the mass of other drops. One such drop on the water surface will be distinguishable only under the microscope.

Printing technology on water Novosibirsk technique showed a wide range of printing industry professionals at the 12th international exhibition of outdoor advertising «SIGN Istanbul» Turkey. They managed to cause a color image on the water, poured into a saucer. Eyewitnesses were shocked and could not believe my eyes.

 - What about printing on the air? - Asked the journalists "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in the company's representatives.

 - In theory, create a color image in the air may have - we said Oleg Markov. - Only this will take another printer model ...

That is, Siberians have demonstrated that this can be printed. But why - great question. The company admitted that they do not know where, in practice, you may need to apply this technology ... Meanwhile

The French did not believe Siberians

As told "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in "San", the French were so shocked by what they saw that they decided to repeat the experience in the Siberian city of Cambrai. And were satisfied with the result.

 - The French picked up our idea, try it yourself and see that everything is working - can be printed on the water - proudly say Siberians developers. - By the way, they have similar to our printers, so they used one of our models.
Wonder printer can print on virtually any surface.
Photo: courtesy of "San»
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