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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Alan King <alan@...> wrote:
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> Steve wrote:
>
> >
> >Google is your friend.
> >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet_printer
>
> Wiki's also a pretty good shot, but probably one of the first links
> from Google anyway. Problem is both are heavily weighted to current
> technology, pretty sure someone did use current through the ink to make
> the bubble early on, likely Cannon since they were well before the
> others with wide market inkjets like late 70's or early 80's.
>
That is very possible, however all current Canon printers use
resistive heating elements.
The problem with relying on the ink being conductive is that
conductivity is going to vary a lot from one color to another, and the
slightest change in the ink formulation is going to change the
conductivity.
Steve Greenfield