Sony, Toppan Printing develop paper optical disk

Sony, Toppan Printing develop paper optical disk

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. and Toppan Printing Co. said April 15 they have developed an optical disk made primarily from paper which is capable of storing large volumes of high-definition images. The 25-gigabyte disk is based on Blu-ray Disc technology, which Sony and other high-tech firms in Japan and abroad are promoting as the next-generation standard for optical disks.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001102565
  • Registered date
  • 2004/4/15 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2004 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1228 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 146.27(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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