Release Date: 30 June 2008

Fujifilm releases ID printer

Fujifilm has unveiled a new printer aimed at retailers who would like to add an ID/passport service to their business.

The FinePix IP-10 is a self-contained unit, with a compact size of just 18cm x 14cm x 7cm. This easy to use printer is equipped with Fujifilm's proprietary Image Intelligence software that is designed to make every photograph as close to perfect as possible, resulting in better prints and fewer rejects. The software automatically detects faces in the image data and then optimises face colouring to give quality, consistent results every time.

This innovative dye-sublimation printer features a 2.4 inch colour LCD screen and is compatible with most popular types of media cards. If the IP-10 is used in conjunction with selected cameras from Fujifilm's FinePix range, prints can be made directly from the camera without the need for extracting the memory card and deleting the image.

The printer uses specific paper, F-RP120P, each pack contains 120 sheets (6x20 sheets), these packs also include three ink cartridges. Frame sizes can be easily customised to allow for flexibility and images can even be displayed on a TV screen so the customer can choose their favourite image before printing.

Paul Austin from Fujifilm explains how the IP-10 can help boost profits: "Passport photography is a great money spinner for many photographers and high street labs. It's also a good way of increasing footfall into a business and many retailers find that people who pay for a professional ID photograph become valued customers in the future."

The IP-10 will also be available as part of two 'ID Kits' - the 'trade up kit' will include a printer, paper, camera, wallets, and point of sale posters and the 'full kit' which will come with a printer, paper, camera, wallets, cutter, blind, point of sale posters and an A6 swing sign. The kits will be sold via selected wholesalers.

Full specification of the IP-10 printer is available from here, http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_id_photo_printer/finepix_printer/index.html

For further information on the IP-10 printer or any of Fujifilm's photofinishing solutions please contact the Photofinishing sales team on minilabs@fuji.co.uk or 01234 572144.

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About Fujifilm
Fujifilm is a global leader in imaging technology, products and services including digital cameras, photofinishing, digital storage and recording media, consumer and professional film, motion picture film, professional video, printing systems, medical imaging, office technology, flat panel displays and graphic arts. The company employs more than 73,000 people worldwide, with 178 subsidiaries stretching across four continents.

Uniquely placed to be a market leader in digital imaging, Fujifilm develops and manufactures its own sensors, lenses and processing technology. In addition to its production plants and R&D operations in Japan, the company has key manufacturing facilities in Europe and the USA for core products such as colour film, colour paper, single use cameras and CTP printing plates, and has further factories in Brazil and China. It has a global turnover in excess of £13 billion.

In the UK, Fujifilm has been supplying the imaging, printing and graphics industries, as well as consumers, professional and enthusiast photographers, with high quality, innovative products and services for over 25 years. Fujifilm UK currently employs more than 450 people and has become one of the country's most popular photographic and imaging brands.

(c) 2008, Fujifilm UK Ltd. Specifications are subject to change.

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