| Inkjet printers are very inexpensive. They are the | | | | cartridge. Piezoelectric crystals in the printer head |
| type of printer that almost everybody uses. | | | | break the ink droplets at a regular interval. The |
| Regardless of manufacturer, inkjet printers | | | | droplets pass through an electromagnetic field |
| produce high-quality printouts in a less amount of | | | | where the final printout is formed. This type of |
| time. Inkjet printers use three types of | | | | technology prevents the nozzle in your printer |
| technologies: thermal ink jet, piezoelectric ink jet | | | | from clogging. |
| and continuous ink jet. It depends on the | | | | Whichever technology may be utilized by the |
| manufacturer which technology is used on a | | | | manufacturer, the end result is this: an |
| specific printer. | | | | inexpensive printer that uses very expensive inks. |
| Thermal inkjet uses ink cartridges that have tiny | | | | However, there are manufacturers that produce |
| electrically heated chambers where the | | | | discounted printer cartridges. You can purchase |
| photolithographic process unfolds. The printer fires | | | | cheaper printer cartridges that are imitations of |
| a pulse through a heating element to produce the | | | | the real thing, or original ink cartridges that are |
| image. A steam explosion process creates bubbles | | | | simply refilled with ink. Keep in mind that these |
| that hurl ink droplets to the surface of the paper | | | | alternatives are not produced by the printer |
| producing the printout. | | | | manufacturers themselves. These products can |
| Piezoelectric inkjet also uses ink cartridges. The | | | | save you as much as 80 percent of the price |
| difference is that instead of using heating | | | | you pay for authentic cartridges. |
| elements, it uses piezoelectric crystals. This type | | | | The downside to using imitation inks is that they |
| of printer allows more flexibility in the use of ink, | | | | have a higher tendency to leak. And since you are |
| but it can be more expensive. | | | | not using authentic ink cartridges provided by the |
| Continuous inkjet uses ink cartridges where | | | | printer manufacturer, the warranty of your |
| high-pressure pumps push the ink out of the | | | | printer becomes automatically void. |