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HP Invents A New Way To Print

Posted by Zonk on from the i-thought-we-were-a-paperless-society dept.

Sushant Bhatia writes "Forbes is reporting that HP is introducing new technology in its inkjet printers that should help the company and consumers save time and money. If successful, the strategy may alter the economics of the printer market. The new inkjet platform, which will initially be geared toward the high end of the market, will incorporate the print head in the printer itself rather than in the ink cartridge. It means cheaper prints for consumers (about 24 cents per photo print) and faster output. HP says it has more than halved the time it takes to print a 4-inch-by-6-inch photo, to 14 seconds. The press release from HP has details on the new technology."

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  1. Photolithography by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Print-head-in-printer has been around for a long time. The advance they've made is using photolithography for more of the construction process.

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  2. Informative Article by vmcto · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nice article about the new system and printer here.

  3. Print head in the printer itself? by Alyred · · Score: 5, Informative

    How is this "inventing" a new way to print? Hasn't Epson been doing this for years in their printers?

    I know when I replace my printer cartridge on my Epson I just replace the ink, unlike the old HP I used to have where I replaced the head every time.

    Of course, this might be a new thing for HP to sell new printers, as when the ink dries in the head the whole printer has to be replaced. One of the downsides that we've always had to deal with in an Epson.

    -Alyred