Ink Jet Technology. Some Approaches and Applications.

When the term printing is mentioned, one often thinks in terms of letterpress, screen printing, gravure, and offset lithography just to name a few. Rarely do we hear the name ink jet printing. The reason may be that this nonconventional printing process has not yet arrived in the form of a printing press. However, it may be fast approaching. Ink jet printing may make it possible to include all the necessary elements of a printed page such as halftones, fonts, etc., in some digitized form in computer memory thereby eliminating the step of platemaking. The massaged data could then be placed directly onto paper whenever needed while possessing the capability of instantaneous change. The extent to which ink jet printing systems are currently competing with conventional printing systems is exemplified by showing the use of some systems for printing and encoding applications. systems is exemplified by showing the use of some systems for printing and encoding applications.