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. ... http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/business/11inkjet.html?ex=1255147200&en=e116189dfdef3721&ei=5090 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.