Xerox, a household name when it comes to photocopy machines, have managed to utilize a polymeric resin known as "solid ink", when combined with technological advances found in print head technology which results in a greener printer. Solid ink is melted and dripped into a single drum as wide as a standard sheet of paper, where the image will then be transferred via heat and pressure onto the paper. It takes approximately 10 drum revolutions to transfer the image which will then harden and be ejected from the printer. This solid ink impacts less negatively on the environment compared to regular cartridges as it requires less packaging and outputs 90% less waste than liquid ink, helping one save up to 260 pounds of discarded cartridges as well as their packaging over the lifetime of an average desktop printer.
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