Consistent printer ink or toner quality can sometimes seem impossible to find. Fortunately, Xerox has responded to customers’ demands for a better printing experience by inventing Solid Ink technology. With Solid Ink, customers will get higher-quality colors combined with environmentally-conscious technology.
Xerox’s Solid Ink technology was introduced in 1991 and won awards from MacUser, MacWorld and PC Magazine. The inks are resin-based like crayons so that sticks are safe for anyone to handle, and the no-mess ink will not stain fingers or clothing. Users may load up to five sticks at a time depending on their device to allow for lengthy and uninterrupted printing. Xerox inspects 100 percent of its ink for quality instead of using a statistical sample, which is common in most companies. Today, with Xerox Solid Ink, color printing can be accomplished at black-and-white prices.
When comparing Solid Ink to inkjet and laser printing, customers will see many advantages. Customers will see better print quality with a wider range of colors than are available with most inkjet and laser cartridges. Since customers will have no cartridges to load or unload, they will experience less mess as well as less waste because they will have less packaging with no cartridges to discard. Solid Ink technology will never require special paper like some inkjet and laser printers, and customers will not experience paper wrinkling and curling that are common with inkjet and color laser printers. With fewer parts to handle, customers can be sure that less will go wrong.
Solid Ink technology binds to paper via heat and pressure. Unlike other inks, Solid Ink is not absorbed into the paper, ensuring that the quality of the image does not depend on the type of paper used. The simple design consists of only three elements: the print head, the print drum and the controller. The print head transfers ink to the print drum, which then transfers ink onto paper. The controller, in a sense, is the brain that tells the apparatus what to do. Constant evolution in technology has produced Solid Ink and multipurpose printers that are economical, fast and reliable. For example, Xerox printers have a short paper path, an intuitive design element that keeps printing reliable and fast.
Xerox Solid Ink is also manufactured with environmental responsibility in mind. Solid Ink can produce the same high-quality results whether customers use regular paper or recycled paper. In addition, Solid Ink comes with Green Print technology, which saves trees, paper, ink and money. Select Xerox printers like the ColorQube 8570 and ColorQube 8870 are qualified as Energy Star. In addition, Intelligent Ready technology enables printers to determine customers’ usage patterns for optimum distribution of energy consumption.
Printers are one of the hardest working machines in many homes and businesses. Both families and companies want to produce printing materials of professional quality while keeping their carbon footprint low. With Xerox Solid Ink technology and Xerox printers, customers will create better materials for themselves while contributing to a better world.