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Using Inkjet Printers For Your Large Format Printing Needs

Most people are aware of consumer grade inkjet printers for home and office use. However, many folks don't realize that inkjet technology can also produce professional photographic prints and posters. These professional prints can be produced in a large format by an inkjet printer. These commercial inkjet printers can produce a much higher quality print in large sizes and on many different types of media. Your business can benefit from using an all-in-one large format inkjet printer for all your...

DVD Label Printers

DVDs these days are used in a variety of fields. Most companies cut a DVD with their presentations, videos, and other informational content. These DVDs are given to prospective clients and business partners.Just like how a book is judged by its cover, how the DVD looks matters a great deal to some. Hence, writing by hand with the help of a marker on the disc is not a good idea if the right impression is to be created. The major problem with companies is that they do not usually have bulk printin...

Piezo and Bubblejet Inkjet Printers

There is a fundamental divide in the inkjet printer industry, piezoelectric printers such as Epson (Mutoh/Roland/Mimaki), vs Canon/HP/Lexmark using bubblejet technology.An inkjet printer has an ink reservoir that connects to a firing chamber that is attached to a nozzle - where the ink droplet emerges. The difference between the two technologies lies in the firing chamber.Piezoelectric crystals are pretty amazing things, when you put an electric charge across them they change shape and they can ...

Proofing Prepress With an InkJet Printer

It's common nowadays to produce positves for screenprint on a high-end inkjet printer. The inkjet printers are standard issue, usually Epson manufacture, with 6,7 or more inks. It is possible, with the correct set-up to run high quality proofs from these devices.Firstly, a couple of caveats, with most RIPs you can have halftones which reproduce the halftones of the imagesetter or contone which gives solid colours. You cannot mix the two, so if you have a four colour job with a spot colour, that ...

How To Choose A Printer That Will Do The Job For You

These days, the printer has evolved to a very noticeable extent. Printers started with the dot matrix type that was very hard to use. Dot matrix printers are the ones that print very loudly and it is difficult to feed the paper into them.Now, laser printers and inkjet printers have replaced dot matrix printers. How do you choose the perfect printer for the job? Below are five of the most important qualities you should look for when choosing a printer.The most important factor to be considered is...

Ink Cartridges – How Do They Work?

An inkjet cartridge is the replaceable component of an inkjet printer that contains the ink used when printing. The ink cartridge can also contain the print head itself. Every ink cartridge is made up from one or more partitioned ink reservoirs and some producers also insert electronic contacts and a chip that transmits information to the printer.Whenever you try to print something, make sure that your ink level is not to low. If it is low, the ink begins to dry on the print head and printing ca...