Feb 24 2010
Noritsu, the number one supplier of minilabs in the world today, and Independent Photo Imagers, North America’s largest buying group in the photographic industry, with more than 750 locations, announce a printing solution that allows customers to easily and quickly print out their Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ photos. This service will be available this year in select IPI member stores.
Sony’s growing line of Cyber-shot® digital cameras have easy-to-use “press and sweep” Sweep Panorama™ and Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ features that enable consumers to take full panoramic photos. This created a need for a convenient printing solution that could create the high quality prints worthy of this new photo format. IPI understood the need and partnered with Noritsu to deliver the solution.
“In making this unique service available, we aim to offer everyone the chance to create true high photo quality prints in a size that cannot easily be made by consumers,” said Brent Bowyer, Executive Director, IPI.
"At Noritsu we strive to focus innovation so new services can be introduced that improve retailer margins and encourage consumer creativity and social expression. Panorama prints can be produced on many of the existing Noritsu machines in operation at IPI member stores and other retailers around the world,” said Noritsu President and Chief Executive Officer Yukihiko Chayama. Noritsu machines that can produce magnificent panoramic prints include the newly introduced, most versatile dry minilab, the D1005. In addition, retailers with the following models in operation can also produce panoramic prints: D703, D701, QSS-37HD, QSS-35PLUS, QSS-35, QSS-34, QSS-32, LPS-24 PRO, dDP-421/621, DP-100.
Source: http://www.noritsu.com