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Continuous Ink-Jet
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A type of digital printing technology in which a printing device ejects drops of ink that are produced constantly during the printing process and are applied to the substrate with precision in order to create the image. A pump sends the ink drops through a nozzle of the printing head at the rate of over a million per second, which can produce an image of nearly the same quality as a continuous tone image (photograph). There are three types of continuous ink-jet technologies: charged drops for printing, uncharged drops for printing, and electronic deflection.- Charged Drops for Printing: Drops of ink are given a charge and are deflected to the substrate to produce the image. The ink drops that are uncharged are recycled through the system to be reused.
- Uncharged Drops for Printing: This type of technology also applies a charge to the ink drops except that the uncharged drops are used for the actual printing and the charged drops are recycled.
- Electronic Deflection: This type of technology applies a charge to all of the ink drops and the application of the drops is determined by deflection, which is controlled electronically.
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