A brief analysis of the characteristics of electronic ink

Including legibility, flexibility, easy manufacturing and low power consumption. Compared with other display technologies, electronic ink has better reflectivity and contrast. It looks like they are like ink on paper. It is a medium that people feel comfortable reading and handling. In bright light including direct sunlight, other display materials feel a bit light and difficult to read. In contrast, electronic ink-based displays are really easy to read and read. Because the electronic ink is soft, it can be used where the original display technology must use a hard and peaceful surface can not be used. Electronic ink can be used on paper to produce the same display effect of flexible books and newspapers. It can also be printed on cloth, or printed on non-planar, grotesque surfaces such as cell phones and other appliances.

In the end, electronic ink differs from other display technologies in that it can hold images for several weeks and does not consume any extra power. With other display technologies, no extra power input is required once the image can stay in one place. The first product of electronic ink is the large area Immedia display. Immedia displays can be used where textual information has to be delivered to a large audience, such as retail stores, banks, trade shows, arenas, etc. Immedia displays have the ability to read like ink on a flexible electronic display so that it can develop into a unique display industry. The Immedia display can be networked with other character information in the dissemination message chain, allowing all character information to be submitted to be touched. Online. The first Immedia display was shown at the Marlborough JCPenny department store in Massachusetts on May 3, 1999 and was tested by several large companies. Electronic ink has the same properties as the printing ink that is being used today. With the same printing process, electronic ink can be printed on paper, even with the same equipment, or electronic ink can be used to produce electronic displays where traditional inks never print. The great advantage of electronic ink over other display technologies is low power consumption.

A display created with electronic ink can hold the image for several weeks, does not require additional power input, and requires only a small amount of power to change the displayed image. Other display technologies require a constant power supply to maintain an image. The Immedia display consumes only 0.1 watts of power, which means that 100 watts of light's energy can supply 1000 Immedia displays. In the past few years, great technical progress has been made in the electronic submission of books, newspapers and other documents. Their applications range from Apple Inc.'s Newton to ubiquitous handheld computers and run with touch programs. To date, none of these process technologies can be used as a substitute for paper because people lack the convenience and feel of comfort like a sheet of paper. However, using electronic ink has all the same properties as a sheet of paper, maintaining the same lightness, feel, foldability, contrast, and legibility of paper. People will continuously receive the information printed on paper, and the paper will typeset itself. Electronic ink can be used anywhere in the display, even more. The first generation of e-ink products will use large-area characters in retail stores, pharmacies, banks, and in the same stores that connect customers. Based on electronic ink displays began to appear in electronic devices including mobile phones, PDAs, pagers, and digital clocks.

Compared with the flat panel display, electronic ink has greater advantages, good reading ability, more flexible design, low power consumption and low manufacturing price. Electronic ink can be printed on a variety of surfaces, including paper and fibers. Due to its flexibility, electronic ink opens up new markets for curved surfaces. For example, more electronic devices are designed using hand-held devices, and electronic ink can be cheaply and easily printed onto the user interface device. You can imagine a coffee maker that tells you when the temperature of the coffee is lower than your favorite temperature, or it turns red when the TV remote's battery is low. In the future, paper printed with electronic ink can typeset itself, so a single page can be used as an activity display for large information. This product market is huge. Not only does electronic ink have the ability to replace thousands of types of printing paper, it can be used to display characters in warehouses up to newspapers. It also has the potential to use places that were never shown before. Because electronics has entered daily life, the key is to communicate with users. The electronic ink-based display can really print to stationery and appliances, so it is the ideal communication medium.