The Paper's Abstract of The 3rd
International Conference on Imaging Science and Hardcopy

Thermal Inkjet Technology - Review and Outlook (Invited)

May 26-29,1998
Chongqing China

　Robert D. "Skip" Rung, Robert Beeson

Advanced Research Laboratory Inkjet Supplies Business Unit
Hewlett-Packard Co. 1000 NE Circle Blvd. Corvallis, OR 97330, USA
Telephone: 541-715-2839  fax: 541-715-7410  E-mail :  skip_rung@hp.com

     Thermal inkjet technology has been the dominant method of inkjet printing since its market inception in 1984, and has made rapid progress since that time, to the point where it challenges electrophotography for plain paper text and graphics print quality, rivals silver halide for photographic image quality, and enables the highest performance/price ratios in digital printers.  Thermal inkjet technology continues to enjoy a greater unit market share for printers than any other digital printing technology and all other inkjet technologies combined. Nevertheless, competing inkjet methods have (re-)emerged, most notably piezoelectric inkjet.  In this paper, we will discuss trends and comparisons for TIJ and its competitors in the key printing attributes of ink performance (gamut, sharpness, fastness), minimum deliverable colorant quantum (drop volume), rate of delivery of colorant quanta (firing frequency, nozzle integration, firing chamber volume), and print engine cost per unit throughput.  We shall conclude that Thermal inkjet technology not only remains the most promising inkjet technology, but is quite possibly the most promising digital printing technology over the long term.

中国复印科学与工程学会
Reprographic Scientists and Engineers Society of China 
7 Chang-Tu Rd.Tianjin300131,China  Tel:(22)26669189 Fax: (22)26669189 
E-mail: rsesc@public.tpt.tj.cn
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