Xerox Expands production of solid ink December 19, 2007 11:13 by John Sollars

Xerox increases Capacity of Solid Ink Sticks

Xerox has just opened a spanking brand new manufacturing plant in Portland, Oregon dedicated to the production of their proprietary Solid Ink Sticks. The plant cost £11.7M ($24M) is 929sqm employs 75 staff and is intended to fulfill demand for an increasing market for their ink sticks.

The Cryola like sticks have been developed over the last five years and allegedly makes colour printing "as affordable as black and white". With the investment that Xerox has made in the new ink sticks they give a higher page yeild than their earlier counterparts and are said to create 90% less waste than comparable colour laser products.

The factory is designed to supply demand for the latest generation of solid ink printers the Xerox Phaser 8860 and Xerox Phaser 8860MFP (Multi Function Printer) and claim Xerox proves that their success in solid ink is really just getting started.