inkjet printers

Liquid-dot image makers

Inkjet printers spray tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper to create text and images.

They dominate home printing because they're inexpensive and handle color photographs well, though the ink cartridges can be costly relative to the printer itself.

The technology works by forcing ink through microscopic nozzles, producing fine detail but sometimes smearing on certain papers.

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print quality · color accuracy · cartridge · refill kit · borderless · smudge · printhead · droplets · inks · HP · papers · piezoelectric · desktop · resolution · Canon · print head · toner · cyan

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Opposites
printing technology mechanism

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output permanence and medium

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Visual output screens for PCs

digital displays · screens · e-readers · tablets · electronic documents

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G