NEWYES LD0806 Portable Inkjet Printer

Most portable printers make a trade: they shrink by using thermal rolls, special paper or small formats. The NEWYES LD0806 Portable Inkjet Printer is built around the opposite idea. According to the maker, it is the world's smallest and lightest A4 inkjet printer, weighing 750g (1.65 lb) and occupying roughly the footprint of two stacked beer cans, small enough for a backpack, work bag or carry-on.

NEWYES says it has previously completed seven Kickstarter projects focused on portable technology, and positions the LD0806 for mobile workers, students, freelancers and business travellers who need to print contracts, reports or presentation material away from a desk.

Paper, colour and connectivity

The headline feature is support for standard A4 paper, which the maker frames as essential for formal and legal documents. The printer handles both monochrome and colour output at 300dpi. Connection is via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi from Android and iOS phones and tablets or Windows PCs, and a companion app guides setup and print modes, with support listed for PDF, Word, PowerPoint, JPEG and PNG files. The campaign cites beta testers describing setup as easy for beginners.

Key specifications, per the maker

• Weight: 750g (1.65 lb)
• Resolution: 300dpi, colour and monochrome
• Battery: 1,800mAh, up to 30 days standby or up to 80 pages of continuous printing
• Speed: 2.6 pages per minute mono, 1.3 pages per minute colour (ISO standard)
• Cartridge yield: up to 500 pages mono, up to 200 pages colour (ISO 5% coverage)
• Batch printing: up to 20 sheets with the optional paper tray

NEWYES also contrasts the LD0806 with thermal printers, which it notes are typically mono-only, need dedicated thermal paper and can fade over time. Inkjet output on regular paper, the maker argues, makes the LD0806 better suited to documents that need long-term storage, such as legal or accounting records. It also states that the compact cartridges keep running costs to a few cents per page.