It won＇t be the paperless office many once thought possible,butit may be the next best thing. With Toshiba＇s new erasable ink,thegreen at heart can have their paper without the guilt.Thecompany＇s new″e－Blue″ erasing machine uses heat treatment toremovewords and images printed with erasable toner on400to500A4pages ata time. The process takes three hours, and willallow companies tore－use paper and cut office waste.″Despite newtools like e －mailand the development of all sorts of wirelesstechnologies, peoplestill like to have things on paper,″ saidToshiba spokesmanJun＇ichi Nagaki.″ We don＇t think demand for paperwill everdisappear completely.″

　　Toshiba will launch the toner and erasing machine, whichwillretail for around300,000yen about23,000yuan , on Decr8 inJapan. Itis targeting corporate clients and paper －shufflingpublic－sectororganizations that use laser printers. For the old－fashioned, thecompany will also offer erasable ballpoint pens andmarkers. Paperaccounts for about40percent of office waste in Japan,Toshiba says.About60percent of that is recycled.