The PrePeat Printer uses a new kind of technology which achieves “printouts” without using either ink or paper, thanks to a heat sensitive plastic sheet alongside a precision thermal head that “prints” out both gray scale text and images. The 'paper' which it is printed on can be reused simply by feeding the sheets through the printer again, where a different temperature removes everything or rewrites over it.
Of course, with most of us printing documents out simply because we want a hardcopy, the PrePeat Printer isn’t exactly cost effective with a price tag of $5,500, not to mention that each sheet of special plastic paper costs $3.30 which you have to buy per 1,000. This special paper can be use up to 1,000 times before it wore up.
And what if those plastic sheets end up at the paper recycle...???
But it's good to see people inventing new methods!
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