[opendtv] Inkjets Shrink, and Hewlett Sees Many New Uses

  • From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:00:01 -0500

Inkjets Shrink, and Hewlett Sees Many New Uses

By JOHN MARKOFF
October 11, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 - Vyomesh Joshi, the executive who runs 
Hewlett-Packard's $22.6-billion-a-year printer business, likes to 
compare the thumb-size inkjet print heads his company produces to 
silicon chips.

Whereas most people look at Hewlett-Packard's printers and see only a 
ruthless low-end commodity business, Mr. Joshi sees new business 
potential. And, like the constantly shrinking transistor at the heart 
of the chip industry, the ever more Lilliputian inkjet nozzle is 
poised to evolve into a new generation, with more than 3,000 tiny 
jets crammed onto the surface of each print head.

The company, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., plans to use the 
technology for inkjet printing to aggressively enter a range of new 
markets beyond printing, including television and computer displays, 
printed electronic circuits, automotive fuel-injection systems and 
even drug delivery for treatment of diseases like diabetes.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/business/11inkjet.html?ex=1255147200&en=e116189dfdef3721&ei=5090

 
 
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