Ink-jet: A Disruptive Technology

Kodak has a number of new ink developments and intellectual property. STREAM inks can have pigment particles ranging from 10 to 60 nanometers in size. These micro particles cause less damage to silicon nozzles and clogging should be a non-issue.

HP, Kodak and many other companies have page-wide array technology in their R&D centers. Some developers say that page-wide systems do not work as consumer products because the nozzles, which don’t move, can’t be cleaned. Some industrial-strength systems continually re-circulate ink through the print heads, even when the system is not printing.