About solid ink printers
Solid ink printers, also known as phase-change printers, are a type of thermal transfer printer. They use solid sticks of CMYK-coloured ink, similar in consistency to candle wax, which are melted and fed into a piezo crystal operated print-head. The printhead sprays the ink on a rotating, oil coated drum. The paper then passes over the print drum, at which time the image is immediately transferred, or transfixed, to the page. Solid ink printers are most commonly used as colour office printers, and are excellent at printing on transparencies and other non-porous media. Solid ink printers can produce excellent results. Acquisition and operating costs are similar to laser printers. Drawbacks of the technology include high energy consumption and long warm-up times from a cold state. Also, some users complain that the resulting prints are difficult to write on, as the wax tends to repel inks from pens, and are difficult to feed through automatic document feeders, but these traits have been significantly reduced in later models. In addition, this type of printer is only available from one manufacturer, Xerox, manufactured as part of their Xerox Phaser office printer line. Previously, solid ink printers were manufactured by Tektronix, but Tek sold the printing business to Xerox in 2001.
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Types of printers
Various types of printers are available for sale. Currently, only printers without scanners and additional accessories are less and less sold. However, this kind of printing devices are most often bought by private individuals who want to print only basic documents, applications or home-made essays written in secondary schools. However, printers can also successfully perform much more complex functions and tasks. With a modern printing device, you can print entire books, color documents and specialized files that require an individual approach. It can be seen that it is worth having a small printer at home and using photocopying services.
Websites for printer owners
With the owners of printers in mind, various forums and websites as well as websites are run. They can also use online guides, which contain useful information for them and trivia from the world of printing services. Such guides can also help when you first connect a new printer or make some improvements to its functioning. In contrast, discussion forums for printer owners become a place where they can exchange opinions about individual printing devices. On the Internet, there are also shops with printers and inks as well as printing accessories, in which you can purchase even the most unusual goods.