Printer History || Espon, Lexmark, HP Printers

In 1996 Lexmark used EXCIMER argon (ARGON) /Fluorine (FLUMRINE) laser cutting technology introduces the world's first 1200*1200dpi ultra-high resolution color inkjet printer Lexmark CJ7000

In 1998, the world's first color spray EPSON Stylus Photo700 with 1440dpi maximum resolution and six-color printing function was released.

In 1998, the world's first 7-color photo printer Canon BJC-7100 was born.

In 1999, the first color inkjet printer EpsonIP-100, which did not use a computer to play A4 photos, was born.

In 2000, the first color inkjet printer HP DJ970Cxi that supports automatic double-sided printing was born.

In 2003, the world's first digital photo printer HP Photosmart 7960 with eight-color ink technology came out.

In the spring of 2005, the world's first 9-color photo printer HP Photosmart 8758 was born.

Inkjet printing technology as early as 1960 it was suggested, but after 16 years the first commercial inkjet printer was born at IBM, the original BM4640 by the European Swedish Lutheran developed by Professor, School of Industrial Technology Hertz and his colleagues. It is called continuous inkjet technology.

The so-called continuous ink jet is that ink droplets are generated in a continuous manner regardless of the printed or non-printed lines, and the non-printed ink droplets are recovered or dispersed. 

However, this technology almost uses the method of dropping the ink dots onto the paper. The difference in effect is imaginable, so there is no practical value in reality.

In 1976, piezoelectric dot control technology came out

In the same year as IBM4640, three pioneering researchers at Siemens Technology, Zoltan, Kyser and Sear, developed and developed the successful piezoelectric dot control technology (predecessor of EPSON technology) in the same year and successfully applied it to Siemens Pt-80. 

The printer was mass-produced in 1978 and became the world's first commercially available inkjet printer. In 1979, Bubble Jet bubble inkjet technology came out.

Canon's researcher in Japan successfully researched Bubble Jet bubble inkjet technology, which uses a heating element to instantaneously heat the ink in the nozzle to create a bubble forming pressure, so that the ink is ejected from the nozzle, and then the physical properties of the ink itself are used to cool the hot spot. 

The bubble is faded, thereby achieving the dual purpose of controlling the entry and exit of the ink dot. Here is a short story from the company. 

One day in July 1977, Ichiro Ichiro, the 22nd Research Laboratory of the Canon Product Technology Institute in Meguro, Tokyo, accidentally placed the heated soldering iron in the laboratory during the experiment.

On the attachment of the needle, the ink quickly flew out of the needle. Inspired by this, two years later, the bubble inkjet technology was invented.

At the same time, Hewlett-Packard also invented the same technology, HP and Canon all claimed that their researchers pioneered the inkjet printing technology to establish their position in the field of inkjet printing. 

However, the concept of "bubble" has been snatched by Canon, and HP has chosen to name this Thermal Ink-Jet.

Printer History || Espon, Lexmark, HP Printers

In 1991, the first color inkjet printer, large format printer appeared

The HP HP deskjet 500C is the world's first color inkjet printer. In June 1994, the domestically modified HP DeskJet 525Q appeared in China.

HP DesignJet is the world's first monochrome large format inkjet printer to be introduced to HP's first thermal inkjet printing technology for large format printers. The emergence of color inkjet printers and large format printing is the most important milestone in the history of inkjet printers.

In 1994, micro piezoelectric printing technology came out

As early as the 1970s, Epson began research on piezoelectric technology. After nearly 20 years, it finally succeeded in applying micro piezoelectric printing technology to the field of printers and realized productization. 

The basic principle of micro-voltage technology is to place many tiny piezoelectric ceramics near the nozzles of the inkjet printer, using the principle that the ink will deform under the action of voltage, so that the ink in the nozzle is ejected and formed on the surface of the output medium. Pattern.

Since then, Epson 's smart ink drop conversion technology, natural color reproduction technology, ultra-fine ink drop technology, Canon's professional photo optimization technology, quadruple color control technology, etc.; HP's Fuli map layering technology, intelligent color enhancement technology. The technical content of the inkjet printer has been further improved.