New Age of Mobile Printing from Trident

Mobile printing is the buzz word of the times, and the ones we have seen so far are ultra portable printers from major manufacturers that run on battery and can be sourced without wires. What we have now is a different realm of mobile printing; it’s a printer meant for your truck.

Trident has launched a new rugged printer, Printex 812 that is meant to be housed in vehicles, locomotives and planes amongst others.

The printer can be seated in vertical or horizontal positions. Several options such as rubber feet, clamps, shock mounts and adapter plate are provided for housing it. It draws power from in-vehicle 12V or 24V power system, thereby ensuring almost continuous power supply. The printer automatically goes into a standby mode if kept idle for a certain period of time to protect the vehicle battery from discharging rapidly.

Printex 812 features a parallel port and a USB port for sourcing prints. The lack of wireless ports quirks me. Print speed is OK at 5 pages per minute. Printing resolution is on the lower side at 200 X 200 dpi.

This is a nice printer to have for those who work on the move, and those who cannot guarantee delicacy of touch.