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Inkjet printers

Inkjet printers

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Inkjet printers

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- This, my friends, is the printer that brought color printing to the masses. This is an inkjet printer. Now, for a long time, inkjet printers were the way that we made color printing, and we still see lots of color printers out there that use inkjet technology, although today lasers are doing a pretty good job of it. Now, when we talk about inkjets, a few terms come out a lot. Inkjets tend to be more inexpensive, although I would argue that than laser printers. Inkjets tend to cost less to actually run than laser printers, which I would also challenge that as well. However, the big thing I want to do in this episode is make sure you understand how ink jets work. So let's take a look at ink jet technology. The whole idea behind ink jet is that you have these ink cartridges and connected to these cartridges, although they don't have to be connected. Sometimes the cartridge can be a little bit away, and there's a hose. It's this little guy right here. This is where the jet comes from…

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