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The
Inkjet Challenge
Inkjet
printers have certainly come a long way in the last
two decades. And although we didn’t see them
in the stores until the 1980’s, it was as far
back as the mid 1970’s when printer companies
recognised that inkjet technology was going to be
the wave of the future. But initially, companies
were faced with the challenge of creating an inkjet
printer that was affordable while at the same time
could provide quality printouts. The more popular
type of inkjet printer was invented by Siemens in
1977. These printers, sprayed ink only where needed
and although they were less expensive, they were
slower than continuous inkjet printers.
Companies
Overcome Inkjet Challenges
One
of the biggest challenges when creating inkjet
printers was controlling the flow of ink from the
print head onto the page. At first, the print head
became clogged with dried ink. IBM used
electrically-charged droplets to coat the page with
ink but this strategy wasted a lot of ink and the
technology didn’t appeal to consumers.
Eventually, these challenges were met by Canon and
Hewlett Packard in the late 1980s, when liquid
inkjet printers hit the market in full swing. But
before getting quality inkjet printers to market,
it took a lot of trial and error and more than one
company to complete the task. In fact, a number of
companies are credited with making important
contributions to inkjet technology and by 1990
inkjet printers began to become widely accepted.
Today, inkjet printers are considered one of the
most preferred printing methods. Currently, when
you purchase an inkjet printer, you can buy a
farily good printer for about £65. But did you
know that when Hewlett Packard introduced the
DeskJet Printer in 1988, it cost about
£500?
Inkjet
Cartridges
There
are several reasons for the inkjet printer being so
popular. One of the contributing factors in the
success of inkjet printers is the printer ink
cartridge. While each manufacturer recommends their
own brand of printer ink cartridges, today there
are many options such as re-manufactured ink
cartridges, replacement ink cartridges or a
compatible cartridge that work well for a host of
name brand printers. In fact, you can save a lot of
money by getting inkjet refill kits and then
refilling the cartridges on your own. Kudos to the
development of printer ink cartridges, as they have
made it possible to print quality prints on various
sizes and types of paper, fabric and film without
spending a fortune. Today, you can find a wide
range of cartridges on the Internet safely and
reliably.
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