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The erasable pens I remember using when I was in high school in the late 2000s were laughably bad. They required a lot of pressure to transfer ink to paper, and even then, ...

Pilot’s Frixion series of groundbreaking erasable-ink pens became international bestsellers following their launch in 2006. Frixion products have now sold a total of 1.5 billion units worldwide.

A: The erasable pen, incredibly popular when introduced back in the early 1980s, has never gone away. Some of the biggest office supply companies are still making and marketing them.

The idea is based on the same technology as the FriXion Ball erasable pens; both use heat to cause the ink to lose its color. With the pens, the heat is brought about by friction, with the eraser ...