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Solid Ink

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

Definition: Solid ink printing use wax-like sticks of ink that are melted in the print head, squirted onto a drum, then applied to the paper. The properties of the solid ink allow for good quality printing.

Solid ink printers are generally low-cost to operate, not requiring the more expensive inkjet papers to achieve good results. However, solid ink printing output is still not as high-quality as laser or inkjet printers.

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