Glossary thermal inkjets

Definition of thermal inkjets

thermal inkjets

1.  Most consumer inkjet printers use print cartridges with a series of tiny electrically heated chambers constructed by photolithography. To produce an image, the printer runs a pulse of current through the heating elements causing a steam explosion in the chamber to form a bubble, which propels a droplet of ink onto the paper.

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