The acceptance of electrophoretic display technology as an important alternative to both paper publishing and conventional display readers has now been proven by both the diversity and quantity of new products on the market. Properties that are driving this acceptance over conventional LCD displays are the paper-like look, daylight readability, low power consumption, and viewing angle independence. In addition, electrophoretic display frontplane technology is suitable for use with the new generations of flexible and printed electronic backplanes. Many of these new backplane technologies utilize new materials and processes from conventional semiconductor manufacture. The current E Ink display performance as well as the recent advances in these technologies will be discussed.