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The article discusses the importance of ink technology to printed electronics. The author states that disposable-battery testers added into the product or packaging is considered one of the first widely used printed-electronics applications. These low-cost, interactive testers depend on conductive inks to form a resistive-heating and temperature-responsive inks to provide the display. Electronic paper is another display technology that benefits from printed electronics. Electronic paper has the capacity to reflect light like ordinary paper.

The article focuses on the newly developed electronic paper technology in the U.S. It has been predicted that the demonstration of electronic products indicates the E-paper technology's readiness in the market. The E-paper was made out of organic electronics which contains tiny balls of ink designed to respond to electric charges in the monitor of the computer and act like pixels. This new technology was developed by the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center which was first named as Gyricon. Recently, continuous developments and improvements were conducted on the E-paper in terms of its contrast ratios, resolutions and brightness levels.

Informs about introduction of latest forms of paper by Canadian paper industry for the improvement of performance in printing and other paper works in business environment. Measurement of several characteristics of paper in relation to business needs.

The article reports on the invention of an erasable paper that fades printed text within 16 to 24 hours when exposed to a specific wavelength of light, developed by a research team at Xerox Research Centre in Canada and Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California. Eric Shrader, PARC area manager of industrial ink-jet systems, noted that the experimental printing technology will reduce paper use, but its commercial availability would take a long way.

Reports on the licensing of Lucent Technologies' plastic transistor technology to E Ink Corp. Details of the companies' collaboration on the development of 'electronic paper'; Features of the planned plastic electronic displays, whose properties are similar to those of semiconductors formed on silicon chips; Potential industrial applications for the technology.

Provides information on Gyricon or electric paper tested by Xerox Corp. Features of the electronic paper; Inventor; Mass production of the electronic paper; How Gyricon works.