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> Electronic paper, also sometimes electronic ink, e-ink or electrophoretic display, are display devices that mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. >

> Electronic paper, also sometimes electronic ink, e-ink or electrophoretic display, are display devices that mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. > Many e-readers (...) utilize electronic paper for their displays in order to further resemble paper books; one such example is the Kindle series by Amazon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper "E Ink" is just a brand of e-paper - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink_Corporation. There are other brands that utilize the same technology. Unless specifically noted otherwise, you can safely assume that anyone talking about "e-ink" or "e-paper" means the kind of display used in Kindle, Inkplate or the art frames this article is talking about. There were cases of RLCDs and TLCDs marketed as "e-paper" in the past, but those are rather exception than rule, riding on the popularity of the real thing. Nobody considers calculator or OLPC screens "e-paper".

IshKebab 4y ago
> "E Ink" is just a brand of e-paper It is not. It is a brand of electrophoretic display, which is a type of e-paper display. > There are other brands that utilize the same technology. There are not. Not any significant ones anyway. > Unless specifically noted otherwise, you can safely assume that anyone talking about "e-ink" or "e-paper" means the kind of display used in Kindle, Inkplate or the art frames this article is talking about. No you can't. "E-ink" displays are definitely e-ink. But an "e-paper" display could be e-ink, transflective LCD, or anything else. There are real products that use transflective LCD and say they have "e-paper" displays. The Pebble watches are the obvious one (sadly discontinued). There are tons of e-ink products that are described as having e-paper displays which probably contributes to the confusion, but the meaning is quite clear.

IshKebab 4y ago

> "E Ink" is just a brand of e-paper It is not. It is a brand of electrophoretic display, which is a type of e-paper display. > There are other brands that utilize the same technology. There are not. Not any significant ones anyway. > Unless specifically noted otherwise, you can safely assume that anyone talking about "e-ink" or "e-paper" means the kind of display used in Kindle, Inkplate or the art frames this article is talking about. No you can't. "E-ink" displays are definitely e-ink. But an "e-paper" display could be e-ink, transflective LCD, or anything else. There are real products that use transflective LCD and say they have "e-paper" displays. The Pebble watches are the obvious one (sadly discontinued). There are tons of e-ink products that are described as having e-paper displays which probably contributes to the confusion, but the meaning is quite clear.