PrintBrush™ XDR is a first-of-its-kind color inkjet printer for smartphones. Go paperless. Go truly mobile. Save the planet.
The press has called our printer a “Magic Wand for printing” and it is now in pilot production after many years of development.
The product features PrintDreams’ RMPT™ technology which puts portable printing capability at the fingertips of smartphone users around the world. The imprints come out directly onto any type of surface with a simple wave of the hand.

The PrintBrush XDR is a wireless full color inkjet printer that weighs about the same as an average smartphone but can print larger imprints than its own size.
This new versatile device will change the way we think about printing because, for the first time, it is now possible to print anything in full color anywhere, on almost any surface.
The imprints are made simply by using a sweeping action, just swapping the printer’s direction from left to right or right to left, directly on any surface, be it paper, cardboard, fabrics, wood, etc.
Ordinary printer technology is significantly limited for mobile usage by the fact that printout size is directly linked to device width. RMPT overcomes this limitation by allowing larger printout sizes with smaller hardware.
Another advantage is the ability to print directly onto a wide variety of surfaces of varying thicknesses. Mobile users can therefore pick up any paper or material available and use it as print media. This advantage opens up applications far beyond mobile printing.
We have been working with RMPT since the year 2000 and are the pioneers of this game-changing technology. Right from the early years of development, we could prove that letter-size printing is possible with RMPT:

It is important to highlight that the PrintBrush XDR CANNOT currently print at full letter-size but it is a step closer to that goal. Our hope is that the Kickstarter community can make the difference.
The PrintBrush XDR can print up to three swaths with a small gap in between each sweep. It is an excellent choice for printing pieces of text and graphics in full color but not yet recommended for photos.

PrintBrush XDR is one of the first devices featuring RMPT technology. RMPT is the only viable technology path to build truly portable printing devices.
Using advanced software instead of hardware, RMPT opens the way for miniaturization, mechanical simplicity and a lack of electrical motors, thus making it an excellent choice for the environment:

Thanks to the miniature size of the printer, we have created very compact and light packaging. Compared to the packaging of one ordinary desktop printer, we would be able to squeeze in more than 55 packaged units of our printer.

When you consider that over 100 million desktop printers are manufactured every year, our technology has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of tons of steel and plastic, to say nothing of saving huge amounts of energy during manufacturing and usage. Users also have the potential of saving a few trees since they can go paperless and start printing on re-usable substrates such as whiteboards!

As the user slides the PrintBrush XDR across a surface, an optical sensor tracks the velocity and direction of the printer relative to the surface. A controller matches the software interrupts to the relevant columns of the imprint image.
Thanks to built-in sensors and intelligent software, the imprint will always be correct independently of the direction or the speed of a user’s hand movement. You can go as slow or as fast as you want. You can even stop in the middle of the printout: the PrintBrush XDR delivers accurate and reliable results.

The selection of the content to be printed is done through a control App in a smartphone, tablet or a laptop. When selection is ready, just push a print button (choosing single or multiple imprints) on the control App and then move the printer from left to right or right to left over the substrate to be printed.
The device can work as a stand-alone, untethered device if images have been previously uploaded to it. The device is WiFi enabled and has a USB interface as backup for data connectivity.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Much attention has been vested into the industrial design of the PrintBrush XDR. Following the Swedish tradition of a minimalist and simplistic design, we eliminated -from the very beginning- the idea of having any superfluous elements.
The idea was to create a design that fits perfectly into the palm of your hand. The industrial design defined the size of all the internal components. It was a huge challenge, but we are proud to have achieved our goal.
The device is being manufactured in two colors: Black and white, but we will be offering many customization options thanks to a replaceable cover.

TESTING

We have carried out an exhaustive test schedule, printing millions of imprints with our pilot units to make sure that they provide the highest possible reliability and quality.
We have even built special machines to carry out automated testing:

MANUFACTURING

Several hundred units of the PrintBrush XDR have already been manufactured in pilot production runs. It means that we have all the production tooling ready. The component supply chain has been secured. Purchase orders for mass production have been given and components are now in stock or on their way to the factory.
As a backer, you can be assured that you will be getting your chosen reward on time.

SHIPPING

Because we are able to ship more than 500 units in a single pallet, we will be bulk shipping to major markets (North America and Europe) so that our backers won't have to worry about custom fees in those regions. Shipping costs are part of our offer to our backers and we are including them in the price of our rewards.

PrintDreams has developed several apps to demonstrate the PrintBrush XDR’s flexibility. A beta release of a demo app is already available for free download on Google Play. Try it here:

A simple- and small Windows Java application is also available. A Linux application too. The iOS version of the app is on the way and will be made available before this campaign closes. Besides, In addition, PrintDreams is inviting app vendors to integrate direct printing capabilities into their apps now that the PrintBrush XDR is making on-the-go printing truly mobile.

This is how the PrintBrush XDR box will look like when you receive it:

When you unpack the box, you will find the printer unit, a pouch with an inkjet cartridge, a 15V power adapter with a plug suitable for your country and a Quick Setup Guide:

PrintBrush XDR items shipped inside the box

It takes less than one minute to make your first imprint:

A project that has being gin the making as long as ours has required support from many different people and partners.
Initially the development has taken place in our hometown, Stockholm, Sweden. The first prototypes and the industrial design have been done there.
Looking for more cost-effective product development opportunities, we co-founded a company in Bangalore, India, called Symbolein Technologies. Further hardware and part of firmware development has since been carried out by Unizen Technologies.

Part of technical development team in India

Since 2009, we have been working with our Austrian partners COLOP, taking the cooperation to a whole new level in the summer of 2017. Together we started the industrialization of the product platform in which the PrintBrush XDR is based, starting a joint venture early 2018.
With COLOP's in-depth knowledge of mechanics and their dedication to product quality, we managed to industrialize a product that we are now proud to offer to our backers.

COLOP will launch a similar product called COLOP e-mark which will be aimed at the office- and stamp market segments. It will be launched at the Paperworld 2019 Fair in Frankfurt, Germany.
The product had its first initial public release during GITEX 2018 Expo in Dubai working with our distributor in the region, KTech. The interest from visitors was overwhelming. This encouraged us to launch this Kickstarter campaign and keep working even harder.

GITEX 2018 launch in Dubai, UAE, drew a great deal of interest from attendees.

Following GITEX, we made our official product announcement in London on December 4th 2018, along with our partners COLOP and Hewlett Packard SPS.
As a backer, your next opportunity to try our product, will be at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please visit our booth, try the product for yourself and ask us any questions.