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Article: A dynamic ink market from the computer world: ink jet printing.
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- Ink & Print
- Article date:
- March 22, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Batiste Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In contrast to the ink market associated with offset and other traditional printing technologies, computer printing offers a niche market for inks that is rapidly growing. The technology in question is ink jet printing, which allows a computer user to create an image on essentially any surface with a stream of ink droplets. Ink jet printers have now been installed by the millions in office and industrial settings worldwide, and their numbers are increasing. As to inks, they constitute a very valuable business, still mostly captive to the equipment manufacturers, but growing at a rate of over 30% per year in the U.S.
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