Last month, Quantum Paper announced an electronic paper technology that the company claims will revolutionize the printing and electronic display industry. The company, located in Bloomfield Hills, MI, reports that it has begun initial manufacturing and shipping of electronic paper displays based on the Quantum Paper patents-pending technology in production quantities.

Signage is printed using standard litho presses and some screen printing equipment in an 18-layer process using conductive inks. Electricity is applied to the conductive inks to light the signage

Quantum Paper’s electronic paper is an electronic display printed on ordinary paper or other substrates (including cardboard, static cling, plastic, cloth, glass etc.) which can be illuminated in its entirety or selectively. This illumination can be used to highlight or backlight selected areas or to produce programmable alphanumerical segment displays.  Applications where static displays can be applied include outdoor signage and advertising, point-of-purchase displays, as well as printed brochures, magazines and newspapers.