Bill McKee, of Xerox Canada talks about the erasable paper his company is developing.
How is it possible to create erasable paper?
The paper itself is just real paper, with a very thin coating of chemicals that contain light activated molecules. We pass it through a printer with an ultra-violet light bar that changes the color of the pixels … and thus erases the page.
How much can we save?
Estimates [say] more than 30 percent of printed office documents will be discarded right after being read.
What is the next step?
The team created a reusable paper that self-erased in about 16 to 24 hours. Customers wanted images to last for more than 24 hours. So, the team currently is working on a second version where images last 3 to 5 days.