SONY UP-DR200 WILL HAVE MATTE PRINT OPTION!

• Sony UP-Dr200 will have matte print option! – The forthcoming SONY UP-DR200 6"x8" event printer will have Sony's patented and proven ProMatte print technology, the corporation has said. ProMatte allows Sony dye sub printers to make matte prints as well as gloss prints, without changing media. [expand story >>>]

Historically, using dye sub technology to produce matte prints has been problematic. Dye sub media is inherently glossy - it works by reflecting white light back through a dye-absorbing receiver coating. The coating has a smooth surface, and the prints are finished with a laminate overlay. Because of this, few dye sub printers have offered a matte finish option. Of those that have, most provided it on an alternative matte finish media. Sony's ProMatte solution is different. It works by modulating the signal sent to the thermal head, not by switching the media. This approach hasn't been used much on fast dye sub photo printers before, because at high print speeds it tended to produce streaking. Sony have overcome these problems with their ProMatte technology. It has been available on their printers, like portrait printer UP-GR700, for some years now. We look forward to seeing it on this new event printer!