Design
CSR Quatro 4300 Processor Powers Pringo Pocket-Size Printer
CSR has revealed that its Quatro 4300 SoC is behind the high-performance of the new Pringo pocket-size printer from HiTi Digital. The printer, which will be launched and demonstrated for the first time at Computex in Taipei (stand #C0328), is the first mobile Wi-Fi enabled dye-sub photo printer to be introduced into the market, enabling consumers to affordably print high-resolution photographs on the go.
“TThe Quatro 4300 SoC is a highly integrated, programmable processor for printers, scanners and all-in-ones. Each Quatro 4300 SoC embeds a high-performance ARM9 CPU core and a Quatro SIMD DSP core for print acceleration and image processing.
“HiTi Digital has used CSR’s SoCs for its professional products that require high-performance processing in the past and was able to deploy the same solution for the Pringo because it offers a high level of integration for a cost-effective price,” says Neil Epstein, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Document Imaging at CSR. “Portable printing is growing in popularity with consumers using smartphones to take photographs and wanting to print them, so they can have a physical memory that a digital image can’t offer. But they still want the high-resolution images at a good price and Quatro 4300 has allowed HiTi Digital to achieve this.”