The text and color graphics are also designed to be fully viewable in direct sunlight and are maintained on the screen, even when the device power is turned off.Į Ink is touting the speed of its new electronic paper, claiming that displays made with Triton can perform up to 20 percent faster than ones made with older e-ink technology. Screens using the new Triton e-ink can display thousands of colors, as well as 16 levels of gray scale, according to E Ink. The new e-paper is being geared to show off a variety of applications and content, including charts, graphs, maps, photos, comics and, of course, advertisements. With E Ink Triton technology, Hanvon is enabled to release the world's first color e-book reader today." "E Ink has the right technology, manufacturing capability, and know-how to transition Hanvon's product vision into reality. "E Ink Triton marks a major milestone in the e-book revolution," Hanvon's Chairman Liu Yingjian said in a statement. The new technology will make its debut with a color e-book reader set to be released in China next March by Chinese e-reader vendor Hanvon, an E Ink representative told CNET. Hanvon's upcoming color e-reader will use new display technology from E Ink.ĭisplay maker E Ink announced today the release of its new color e-paper, called E Ink Triton, which will offer e-book makers a way to add color to their e-ink devices. It works just like when you read traditional printed paperbacks.E-book readers that use e-ink are getting a splash of color, courtesy of a new e-paper technology. 1 AA battery can last over 20 Hours (1,000 pageturns) for a 12" ePaper-Equipped Device while 12" LCD-Equipped Device requires 36 AA Batteries for same performance.Į-Ink screen is also referred as reflective screen, which means ambient light from environment is reflected from the surface of the screen back to readerâ?s eyes. This significantly reduce the power consumption. In other words, only when you turn pages, the displays would consume power. Long Battery LifeĮ-Ink technology does not require power source to retain image on E-Ink screen.
This makes the surface appear white or black at that spot.
When a positive or negative electric field is applied, corresponding particles move to the top of the microcapsule where they become visible to the viewer. Each microcapsule contains positively charged white particles and negatively charged black particles suspended in a clear fluid. The two pigment electronic ink system is made up of millions of tiny microcapsules, each about the diameter of a human hair. E-readers utilize E Ink Electronic Paper Display, commonly called e-paper. The basic difference between e-readers and different types of devices used to display content (TVs, smartphones, tablets, etc.) is the technology of the screen. Nowadays It is commonly used in eReaders due to its unique attributes: no glare (paper-like), low power consumption, easy on eyes. E-Ink screen, also referred as "Electronic Paper Display", is a display technology that looks like paper with high visibility and contrast.