Toshiba has just created a new printer which can print out it’s own special unique rewritable paper. This could help out large companies in the long run, and will definitely prevent the consumption of paper.
The paper that is used has plastic-like material which has thermal properties. Exposure to temperatures above 180 degrees will turn this paper black while temperatures between 130 and 160 degrees will turn the paper fibers white which is the same as having a fresh new piece of paper.
Of course this technology doesn’t come cheap. The B-SX8R printer currently sells for about $10,000 in Japan and the paper stock runs about $10 per page. Considering the special paper is only good for about 500 impressions it’s still slightly more expensive than just buying a stack of regular copier paper but in the end the main goal here is to reduce waste and become less of a burden on the environment.
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via [ohgizmo]
