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Subject: Re: Drop on Demand vs. The Other Kind

From: "Andrew" <andrewm1973@...>
Date: 2006-06-01

> Brian wrote:
> they set up an acoustic standing wave
> inside the little ink tank at the bottom
> of the head, which guarantees very
> precise droplet sizes at very precise
> times (a constant stream of drops from
> each hole in the head - in the KHz range
> if I remember correctly).

Thanks for that - I never knew how they
got the drops to actually come out. I had
only ever had it explained as "pumped".

> <snip>
> and involves a LOT of spraying MEK around
> until it starts printing right.

Plus now we have another reason to not
drink cola straight from the ally can.
Alzheimers, rat droppings AND MEK sprayed
around the packaging plant :D