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The technology of solid ink was first used and developed by a company called Tektronix. In 2002 it was further emulated by Xerox. As the name suggests, solid ink technology is employed in all the solid ink printers. Another name for a solid ink printer is a phase change printer. There are three primary parts of a solid ink printer viz. print drum, a roller and a print head. The role of a print drum is to transfer the ink on the sheet of paper. The roller is meant for applying oil repetitively on the print drum. It acts as a part used for maintenance of the print drum. It is the print head which actually carries the ink to the print drum. The speed of the ink drops is recorded to be around 30 million drops in one second.
The print drum is heated and the roller keeps dropping silicone oil on the print drum. When the drum moves in a circular fashion, the print head starts applying colors on it. A paper is moved in-between the drum and the roller. Simultaneously the ink gets passed on to the paper. The best part about this printer is that the ink dries off very fast, thus leaving no room for smearing by the ink being used. The pressure and the heat make the ink stick properly to the paper. There is an option of "print in duplex" in this printer. This option is for printing on both sides of the page. When this is selected, the paper gets rolled onto the other side and ink gets transferred to the other page as well. There are 1,236 nozzles in the print head of these printers, resulting in high quality of print.
There are some drawbacks of a solid ink printer. It is not possible to take urgent high quality prints as soon as the printer is switched on. This is because of the initial warm up time, where wax is used inside the printer which cannot be moved easily to different positions. This is because in case it is required to be moved, the wax has to be cooled off first. The technology of solid ink uses more power compared to many other printers. This is because heating is required for many parts of the printer. The temperature has to be raised to as high as the melting point of the ink for printing to begin.
There are many advantages of a solid ink printer too. It consists of very few movable parts, reducing the maintenance costs to a great extent compared to other printers. A solid ink printer can use a great variety of papers as well as thicknesses. Printing can be done on transparencies and recycled papers as well. The colors come out very well on the paper and the quality is excellent. It takes some time for warming up and after that the printing happens at a fast rate, almost as good as in other printers. The printer is very easy to use as the color sticks are easy to insert, where each one has a different shape.
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