HP Invents A New Way To Print

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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Epson

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Epson has been doing this for many years.

I've always heard that other manufacturers have not done this since it's more likely to result in clogged print heads. With the head-in-cartridge paradigm, the heads are replaced with the cartridge, and clogging is less likely or at least easier to fix.