System and method for reprinting on paper
An enhanced paper for printing, including a substrate, an ablation resistant coating applied to the substrate, wherein the enhanced paper is ablation resistant so that it is not damaged by a light beam that illuminates enhanced paper with a fluence that ablates ink or toner but would damage standard printing paper that is made from cellulose fiber and is non-ablation resistant; and wherein the enhanced paper has physical properties of the standard printing paper for printing with laser printers and ink printers.
1. A method of creating enhanced paper for printing, comprising:
receiving an ablation resistant material;
receiving a substrate;
forming an enhanced paper that is ablation resistant by coating or fusing the ablation resistant material to the substrate to form the enhanced paper;
testing a sample enhanced paper by illuminating the enhanced paper with a light beam having a fluence that ablates ink and toner but that would damage paper that was not enhanced, to verify that the enhanced paper is ablation resistant; and
wherein the enhanced paper has physical properties that enable the enhanced paper to be used for printing with laser printers and ink printers.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the physical properties are selected from the group consisting of: density, thickness, weight, tensile strength, tear resistance, burst strength, and smoothness.
3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of: fiber based, materials, film based materials, organic based materials, inorganic based materials, metallic based materials and/or any combination thereof.
4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is selected from the group consisting of: organic based materials, inorganic based materials and/or metallic based materials, thus enabling the non-ablation resistant substrate coated by the ablation resistant material, not to be damaged by a fluence that ablates toner or ink.
5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the ablation resistant coating is produced from any material that reflects/refracts/absorbs and/or any combination thereof, light beams with wavelength and/or fluence that may ablate ink and/or toner.
6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the enhanced paper maintains the same print quality as when using standard printing paper stock.
7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is initially suitable for printing as a non-ablation resistant media.
8. A method according; to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is suitable for printing only after applying the coating.
9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is standard printing paper.