Xerox offers self-erasing paper.

• Position: INFO TECHNOLOGY - Xerox Corp. - Brief article

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Xerox has introduced self-erasing paper, which it said works like normal inkjet paper except that the text disappears 16 to 24 hours after printing.

It says businesses can save money with the paper because approximately 40% of all office printouts are discarded the same day they are printed.

The Xerox paper is coated with chemicals that produce text when exposed to light from a certain wavelength. Over time, air and regular light slowly...