Mr. Perez decided to base the company's future on consumer and commercial inkjet printing.
From this initiative, Brother developed its Landscape Printing Technology that reoriented the way color inkjet printing is done.
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In order to implement his design, Pascal had to design and custom manufacture a digital-to-analog video converter board using direct-to-PCB inkjet printing.
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John Rogers, head of nanotechnology research at Bell Labs, reckons that the stamping approach will provide much higher resolution than is possible with inkjet printing.
There may be new investment opportunities as companies applying standard inkjet printing techniques to reduce the cost of making solar modules or batteries continue to make progress.
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Rosetta brings two technologies to bear on sluggish drug development: chips that have been covered with a series of genes using what is essentially a modified inkjet printing process, and powerful computer algorithms that use pattern recognition technology to show how whole sets of genes are being turned on and off.
Both firms have developed organic electronic materials that are soluble and so can be deposited using screen printing and inkjet technologies.
But Hewlett-Packard, which is also making a big effort in plastic electronics using inkjet techniques, argues that the advantage of printing over stamping is that it makes it possible to produce customised circuitry more quickly and easily, with changes in design being incorporated instantly.
The company will also focus on its photo-printing business and continue to manufacture consumer inkjet printers.
This new inkjet series is a game-changer for the printing industry delivering the ultimate combination of form and function.
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Despite the tech's home furnishing friendly approach, this breakthrough printing technique can't be done with your everyday inkjet, but it will make the cost of solar energy installations a bit cozier.
Kodak noted that in addition to the commercial, packaging and functional printing and enterprise services businesses, it also continues to own and operate the Consumer Inkjet, Entertainment Imaging, Commercial Film and Specialty Chemicals businesses, given the company's expertise, capabilities and strong customer relationships in these markets, as well as their combined cash-generating capability.
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In a bid to win back market share in its crucial but declining printing and imaging business, computer maker Hewlett-Packard is introducing new technology in its inkjet printers that should help the company and consumers save time and money.
Designed for both form and function, photo printing is now as portable as photo taking: ZINK Technology does not require messy ribbons, toner or inkjet cartridges.
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