Xerox melts ink to stay green

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Mon, 04/28/2008 - 6:16pm

PALO ALTO, Calif.--It looks and feels like a square, yellow crayon.

But it's actually a lot more sophisticated than that.

It's ink in solid form (aptly called "solid ink") made of a polymeric resin, and Xerox researchers are using it, combined with advances in print head technology ...



 

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