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I hate when a message box pops up in the blink of an eye on my desktop and tells me that cartridge of my printer is “Low on ink”. It gets on my nerves because something like this always happens when I most need the shabby ink and when I have no other choice than wait until the morning to fill it up.

The situation would most definitely be different if I had a green printer like the one I’m going to tell you about via this article. It’s called the RITI printer, being the creation of a young designer, Joen Hwan Ju, and it was aimed to enter the Greener Gadgets competition. I’m sure you’re curious what in earth can make this device as green as it’s said to be, and I’ll break the news for you. Well, guys, it’s the ink. Don’t you dare laughing, ‘cause I’m not kidding you.



This is an unusual printer that created sensation on the gadget blogosphere, being powered not only manually, but also with coffee. It seems that coffee isn’t only a divine beverage for some of you, but it can also be used as printer ink. And if you how something like this is possible, then you should know that Joen Hwan Ju has come up with an impressive and innovative idea: he used the dregs of the coffee for printing all sorts of documents. And the best thing about it is the fact that the RITI printer works without electricity, which makes it greener than any other printer you know.



So, the coffee grounds, in combination with some water, should be put in the ink cartridge. Then, moving the cartridge back and forth will help you to draw on the paper. When you finish your job, the only thing you need to do is to empty the cartridge, the dregs more precisely, which will find their way to the compost bin.

Now, I don’t know if this will be the next Lexmark printer ink, Canon, Epson HP or whatever famous manufacturer would cross your minds right now, but what I know for sure is that it will certainly be a great success if it gets commercialized.

(Source: gizmag.com)