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inkjet

American  
[ingk-jet] / ˈɪŋkˌdʒɛt /

noun

  • inkjets
    plural
  1. a printer that works by spraying tiny jets of electrically charged ink onto the paper.


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It was founded in 2001 as Ticketcart, which sold inkjet cartridges.

From Barron's Mar. 2, 2026

Cheap little inkjet printers took away much of Xerox’s market.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2025

Endeavour uses the same principle as inkjet printing to rapidly and precisely fire dye onto and through the fabric, according to the company.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2024

Back in March, however, security staff waltzed in and confiscated four standalone PCs that were networked to an inkjet printer, one after another, leaving us with typewriters to type our legal work.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2024

Printer cartridges are the worst for that -- the most expensive Champagne in the world is cheap when compared with inkjet ink, which costs all of a penny a gallon to make wholesale.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory

Now, we’re both confident that it’s only a matter of time until correctional policy changes, and standalone PCs linked to inkjets are mandatory tools afforded to the entire population in law libraries statewide.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2024

But her final product consists of archival inkjets on paper, created on a large-format scanner that allows her to exercise precise control over which parts of her printed-material assemblages are in focus.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2012

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