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Designed by Matthew Koscica, Jasmine Schubert, and Dylan Willis during their junior year of Western Washington University’s industrial design program, the VIA handheld printer and scanner achieves the trio’s goal of reducing the pain points of conventional printing while bringing excitement to the process. To use VIA, one simply drags the printer across the surface on which it is printing. “By making the user the driving force behind the printer, the size is reduced, paper jams are avoided, and points of failure are lessened,” the design team writes in its entry. Koscica, Schubert, and Willis focused on home-office use, optimizing the device for printing sizes up to a full sheet of 8.5-by11-inch paper. “By providing a screen close to the printing surface, [we’ve given the user the ability] to
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preview the print as it comes out, providing both guidance and understanding of the print process,” the designers note. “To further improve the process of sharing information between physical and digital spaces, it was important that we also included a scanning feature so that photos and documents can be seamlessly uploaded to one’s phone for sharing.” By utilizing wide print head technology, VIA can create prints in a single stroke; the device’s protective cap contains guidance rollers that help achieve a straight print on nearly any smooth, flat surface, including boxes, eliminating the need for shipping labels. The touch screen provides simple interactions, guided printing, and print previews. h
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PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM Matthew Koscica Jasmine Schubert Dylan Willis SCHOOL Western Washington University DATE OF COMPLETION June 2020
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