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Xerox Solid Ink March 31, 2010

Solid Ink printing technology from Xerox is the hottest item in the market right now. All the star power : high speed, low cost, environmental friendliness &  hip coolness are packed into this technology.

Xerox, in 1991, introduced a new solid ink technology to the market that was clean, easy to use, and provided great printing results. Solid ink technology was developed and then released on the Phaser series of printers with the Xerox Phaser 8560 and its inexpensive Xerox 8560 ink being the most popular. The ink is a resin based ink and is completely non-toxic; the material is similar to a crayon and created in virtually the same fashion. The technology works like this, a solid ink stick is placed within the receptacle and is then heated and ready to use. Ink sticks are very affordable compared to laserjets. For example, Xerox 8500 ink and Xerox C2424 ink have some of the lowest cost per page available in a printer today.

Xerox ink is unique in that it can be used to print on any surface with no bleed through. The resin used to create and produce the solid ink naturally binds to paper products. Print full edge to edge documents with no fear of warping the medium as with inkjet printers. The technology also allows for double sided printing on any medium with absolutely no bleeding between the opposing sides of the document. Xerox solid ink technology is also extremely fast. The average first printed page is out in less than 5 seconds in full color. This technology is extensible to every printing application in business and personal use today.

The initial heating does take slightly longer than traditional technologies like laser and inkjet, but is a small downside to a simple and innovative printing technology. A specially designed single roller mechanism applies the melted solid ink to the page. Because of this, a Xerox ink technology printer’s mechanical design reduces the number of moving parts thus reducing the costs of maintenance. A solid ink technology printer from Xerox can also be filled with new solid ink while it is printing, no need to wait or have a print job interrupted by low ink or toner.

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