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Article: Lucky squirt: ink-jet printers.
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 23, 1994
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1994 Economist Newspaper 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 1977 a researcher at Canon brushed his soldering iron against the hypodermic needle of an ink-filled syringe. Out shot a stream of droplets. The sharp rise in temperature had produced little bubbles that spat ink out of the tip. That spray of ink, reproduced and brought under control, has become the basis of a hugely successful business for Canon, Hewlett-Packard (which came by the idea a little later) and others. Last year HP's revenue from inkjet printers and related products such as ink and cartridges was over $4 billion--more than Microsoft made from software. It is likely to keep growing.
When HP introduced the LaserJet, the first desktop laser printer, and ...
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