Solid ink technology was developed by Tektronix as early as 1986. After being acquired by Xerox in 2000, solid ink technology was used in some Xerox color printers. Solid ink technology uses an ink stick to replace liquid ink or toner. Its shape does not melt until it is heated to a specific temperature. The rest of the time is solid. The melted liquid ink is transmitted to the media through a precision stainless steel print head Turn back to solid immediately after the material is on.
Solid ink printers are relatively simple in design compared to color laser printers. A solid ink printer includes only three important components: the print head, print drum, and controller. The printer head sends the ink to the printing drum, and then transfers the image to the paper, and the controller converts the data in the computer and sends it to the printer.
The solid ink printer is specially designed for color printing, and the shape of its ink stick is different in color. Xerox intentionally made the color ink sticks into different shapes, so that users can only insert them into specific slots on the top of the printer. Due to its simple design, this type of printer is lighter and more affordable than color laser printers. There are also obvious advantages over color inkjet printers, due to the fast printing speed and low cost of consumables, and can print high-quality text and images on a wide range of media.
The advantages and disadvantages of solid ink
1. The advantages of solid ink:
1. Good print quality-solid ink can produce bright colors and excellent print quality on a wide range of media, such as card stock, envelopes, transparencies, and recycled paper.
2. Safe to use-The solid ink stick is safe to use and to take. Because it is made of non-toxic vegetable oil and does not melt in the hands. Unlike inkjet or laser printer cartridges, there is no leakage or overflow. 3. Relative environmental protection-when the solid ink stick is used up, there are no empty boxes left. Xerox claims that the waste generated by solid ink is reduced by approximately 90% compared to toner cartridges. After printing 100,000 sheets, a color laser will generate 157 pounds of waste, while a solid inkjet printer has only 5 pounds.
4. It is easy to install ink-solid ink sticks use different shapes for each color, so the ink sticks can only fit into the correct ink tank. The ink tank is placed on the top of the printer, and the ink stick can be replaced at any time, even during printing.
5. Sophisticated design-solid ink printers have only three important components, so there is less maintenance and repair. Because the printer is more compact, it takes up less space than a color laser printer.
6. The printing speed is fast-the solid ink printer has a very fast "throughput", when you click the "print" button, you can see the printed product. As long as after warming up, the solid ink has the fastest home page output. Generally speaking, solid ink printers can print up to 30 pages per minute.
7. Light financial burden-Solid ink printers and consumables are more affordable than color laser printers and color toner cartridges.
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