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ePaper displays, used in e-Readers and many other applications, offer extremely efficient and readable displays. E-Ink-Info, established in 2009, is the world's leading ePaper industry portal - offering a popular web publication and newsletter.

Recent e-Paper News

Antolin and E Ink to co-develop automotive interior technologies based on E Ink displays

Automotive technology solutions developer Antolin announced a strategic partnership with E Ink, to integrate E Ink’s Prism ePaper technology into vehicle interiors. The company aims to "significantly enhance user experience" and optimize energy efficiency. 

E Ink Prism panels use colored particles which are electronically controlled and enables the creation of dynamic surfaces with endless experiential designs that can change color and patterns on demand or automatically based on functionality, such as alerts or call notifications. 

Read the full story Posted: Oct 25,2024

Praever launches a new ePoster solution based on 32" 2560x1440 E-Ink Spectra 6 displays

Digital signage innovator Praevar launched a new family of signage solutions based on E Ink displays. These ePosters are all based on 32-inch 2560x1440 E Ink Spectra 6 displays, engineered for indoor advertising and retail environments.

Praevar says that these ePoster are designed as a smart replacement for traditional paper posters, combining vibrant, full-colour displays with impressively low power consumption, helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint while delivering an eco-friendly and energy-efficient alternative to static signage.

Read the full story Posted: Oct 23,2024

Amazon updates its entire Kindle range, and launches its first color e-Reader

Amazon announced new versions of all its Kindle devices, and also its first color e-Reader. So first up we have the Kindle Colorsoft with its 7" Kaleido E Ink displays (300 PPI in monochrome mode, 150 PPI in color mode). It offers 32GB of storage, up to 8 weeks battery life, and is waterproof. It will ship before the end of October, for $279.99.

Amazon also announced its 2nd generation Kindle Scribe eNotebook, with a 10.2" 300 PPI monochrome display and several new features including generative AI to summarize handwritten notes (the new software features will also arrive to users of the original Kindle Scribe). The new Scribe will ship on December 2024 starting at $399.99 for the 16GB model.

Read the full story Posted: Oct 19,2024

E Ink teams up with Delvaux to show handbags powered by Prism 3 panels

E Ink announced a partnership with Delvaux to show new handbag designs covered with E Ink Prism 3 panels. 

The new Helios capsule designs merge traditional textiles with E Ink's innovative technologies. Delvaux says it imagined redefining what luxury can be. Over the past two years E Ink and Delvaux have worked closely together to push the boundaries of technology – ultimately creating a product that weaves material innovation and leather mastery together to create a completely unique and personalized experience.

Read the full story Posted: Oct 02,2024

New e-paper device:Onyx BOOX T10C

The Onyx BOOX T10C is an Android tablet based on a color 10.3" 2480x1860 4096-colors E Ink Kaleido 3 display. The  BOOX T10C offers stylus input, support for BOOX's Super Refresh technology 2.0 (BSR) to reduce ghosting and enable smooth transitions, 2.4Ghz Snapdragon octa-core chipset, Wi-Fi, 4GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.

The BOOX T10C is aimed for the Chinese market only, and will cost 3499 Yuan (around $490).

Read the full story Posted: Sep 11,2024

New e-paper device:ReMarkable Paper Pro

The Remarkable Paper Pro is an ePaper color tablet, that offers a 11.8" 2160 x 1620 resolution (229 PPI) color E Ink display with 12 ms response time, 64GB of storage, a quad-core CPU, 2 GB of RAM and an adjustable reading light. The tablet is 5.1 mm thick, the thinnest ever ReMarkable tablet.

The Remarkable Paper Pro will ship soon in the US starting at $580.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 05,2024

TCL demonstrates an early active-matrix electrowetting display prototype

TCL CSoT, in collaboration with Guangdong Aosu Liquid Core Micro-Nano Technology, have demonstrated a new active-matrix Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD) display prototype. This seems to be an early stage project, but could be an interesting one to follow.

The prototype shown by TCL is a 2.8-inch active-matrix display, with a resolution of 128x64 (a total of 8,192 pixels), on an IGZO backplane.

Read the full story Posted: Aug 17,2024

Ynvisible delivered a high-temperature resistant display prototypes to a leading medical equipment producer

Ynvisible announced that it successful delivered high-temperature resistant display prototypes for product status indication in medical equipment, to a key player in the medical field. 

The displays will be used as innovative countdown timers, customized to endure the rigorous sterilization and cleaning processes required in hospital environments. The company says that this simple and highly resistant technology incorporates a permanent status indicator that serves as an additional safety feature, by indicating when the equipment has completed its last valid utilization.

Read the full story Posted: Aug 15,2024

New e-paper device:Zerowriter Ink

The Zerowriter Ink is a typewriter and word-processor, that offers a 5.2" 1280x720 E Ink display and a  a mechanincal keyboard - and a week-long battery life.

The Zerowriter Ink will launch soon as a crowdfunding project, 

Read the full story Posted: Jul 29,2024

Zhejiang Laibao Display Technology officially launches its $1.2 billion microcavity ePaper project

China's Zhejiang Laibao Display Technology Company officially launches its 9 billion Yuan (around $1.24 billion USD) project to build an ePaper production line in Huzhou City, Zhejiang province, based on the company's Microcavity Electronic Paper Display (MED) technology.

Last year Laibao DTC signed agreements with the local government in China to get financial support for this project. The new production line will have a monthly capacity of 180,000 sqm of glass substrate, and will target displays ranging from 7.8-inch to 55-inch inch. The project will perform the entire display production, from backplane and frontplane to touch panel integration and module assembly. 

Read the full story Posted: Jul 29,2024 - 2 comments